Detection of temperatures conducive to Arctic polar stratospheric clouds using CHAMP and SAC-C radio occultation data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  De La Torre Juarez M ^a   Marcus, S ^a   Dornbrack A ^b   Schroder T M ^a,c   Kivi, R ^d   Iijima, B A ^a   Hajj, G A ^a   Mannucci, A J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; OZONE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCHES; LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; MODEL DATA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; OZONE LOSS; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SATELLITE PAYLOADS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; OZONE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 67649092698     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011261     Document Type: Article

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