Ten years of Southern Hemisphere polar mesospheric cloud observations from the Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement instruments

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lumpe, J D ^a   Alfred, J M ^b   Shettle, E P ^c   Bevilacqua, R M ^c  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Naval Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DETECTION METHOD; MODELING; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 42549123142     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009158     Document Type: Article

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