Size distribution time series of a polar stratospheric cloud observed above Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research (ALOMAR) (69°N) and analyzed from multiwavelength lidar measurements during winter 2005

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Jumelet, Julien ^a   Bekki, Slimane ^a   David, Christine ^a   Keckhut, Philippe ^a   Baumgarten, Gerd ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; BUILDINGS; NITRIC ACID; OBSERVATORIES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

BEST MATCHES; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; LARGE PARTICLES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERES; MULTI WAVELENGTHS; MULTIWAVELENGTH LIDARS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RAMAN SIGNALS; RAMAN TECHNIQUES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; STATISTICAL FILTERING; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WAVE ACTIVITIES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIDAR; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 62749092143     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010119     Document Type: Article

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