First in situ measurement of the vertical distribution of ice volume in a mesospheric ice cloud during the ECOMA/MASS rocket-campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 755-766

  Rapp, M ^a   Strelnikova, I ^a   Strelnikov, B ^a   Latteck, R ^a   Baumgarten, G ^a   Li, Q ^a   Megner, L ^b   Gumbel, J ^b   Friedrich, M ^c   Hoppe, U P ^d   Robertson, S ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols and particles; Atmospheric composition and structure; Instruments and techniques; Middle atmosphere Composition and chemistry

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; ELECTRON DENSITY; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IONIZATION; MESOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 60749125803     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-755-2009     Document Type: Article

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