Vertical structure of particle properties and water content in noctilucent clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Baumgarten, G ^a   Fiedler, J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NUMBER DENSITIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

CLOUDS;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DENSITY; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 57349145004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033084     Document Type: Article

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