Measurements of polar mesospheric clouds in infrared emission by MI PAS/EN VI SAT

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Lopez Puertas M ^a   Garcia Comas M ^a   Funke, B ^a   Bermejo Pantaleon D ^a   Hopfher M ^b   Grabowski, U ^b   Stiller, G P ^b   Von Clarmann, T ^b   Von Savigny, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; POLES;

EMISSION PEAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; ICE PARTICLES; INFRARED EMISSIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOPAUSE REGION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; MIPAS/ENVISAT; NORTH POLE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; TANGENT HEIGHT; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOLUME DENSITY; WATER ICE;

ICE;

ENVISAT-1; ICE; INFRARED RADIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOPAUSE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD;

EID: 72049114691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012548     Document Type: Article

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