Variability of cirrus clouds in a convective outflow during the Hibiscus campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4547-4558

  Fierli, F ^a   Di Donfrancesco, G ^b   Cairo, F ^a   Marecal V ^c   Zampieri, M ^a   Orlandi, E ^a   Durry, G ^d,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OUTFLOW; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BAURU; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

HIBISCUS;

EID: 49449107493     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-4547-2008     Document Type: Article

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