Climatology of noctilucent cloud radii and occurrence frequency using SCIAMACHY

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 408-423

  Robert, Charles E ^a   von Savigny, Christian ^a   Burrows, John P ^a   Baumgarten, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatology; Noctilucent clouds; Particle size; Polar mesospheric clouds; SCIAMACHY

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

GAUSSIAN PARTICLES; INTER ANNUALS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PARTICLE RADIUS; PARTICLE SHAPES; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SCIAMACHY; SCIAMACHY MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR ACTIVITIES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 62149134580     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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