Antarctic NAT PSC belt of June 2003: Observational validation of the mountain wave seeding hypothesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Eckermann, S D ^a   Hoffmann, L ^b   Hopfner M ^c   Wu, D L ^d   Alexander, M J ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; NITRIC ACID; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

AIRS DATUM; ANTARCTIC PENINSULAS; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; MOUNTAIN WAVES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RETURN VALUES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SMALL REGIONS; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDES; WAVE ACTIVITIES;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; INFRARED RADIATION; NITRIC ACID; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 62749198641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036629     Document Type: Article

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