Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Noel, Vincent ^a   Hertzog, Albert ^b   Chepfer, Hélène ^b   Winker, David M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DEPOLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIDAR; NITRIC ACID; SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41649092341     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008616     Document Type: Article

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