Investigation of polar stratospheric cloud solid particle formation mechanisms using ILAS and AVHRR observations in the Arctic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Irei, H ^a   Pagan, K L ^b   Tabazadeh, A ^c   Legg, M J ^d   Sugita, T ^e  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FREE ENERGY; ICE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MASSES; ICE CLOUDS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD (PSC) PARTICLES; VASPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FORMATION MECHANISM; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEATION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 7044274714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020246     Document Type: Article

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