Aircraft measurements of microphysical properties of subvisible cirrus in the tropical tropopause layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1609-1620

  Lawson, R P ^a   Pilson, B ^a   Baker, B ^a   Mo, Q ^a   Jensen, E ^b   Pfister, L ^b   Bui, P ^b  

^a SPEC INC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIATION BUDGET; SULFATE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; SAN JOSE [COSTA RICA];

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 41249091005     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-1609-2008     Document Type: Article

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