Evidence for bimodal particle distribution from the spectra of polar mesospheric clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Carbary, J F ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Romick, G J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; SPECTROGRAPHS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; EARTH SCIENCES;

PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PMC); SCATTERING SPECTRUM;

CLOUDS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; SATELLITE DATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; BIMODAL PARTICLES; LARGE PARTICLES; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SCATTERING SPECTRA; SMALL PARTICLES;

EID: 4544284602     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020101     Document Type: Article

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