Microphysical modeling of a midiatitude "polar stratospheric cloud" event: Comparisons against multiwavelength ground-based and spaceborne lidar data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Jumelet, Julien ^a   Bekki, Slimane ^a   Seifert, Patrie ^b   Montoux, Nadège ^a   Vernier, Jean Paul ^a   Pelon, Jacques ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GROUND BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; LEIPZIG; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL SIMULATION; MULTIWAVELENGTH; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RAMAN LIDAR; SALIENT FEATURES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE-BORNE; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SUPERCOOLED TERNARY SOLUTIONS; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; TRANSPORT MODELS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

HUMIDITY; INFRARED IMAGERY; LIDAR; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLARIZATION; RESOLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE AREA; TROPOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 77954339224     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011776     Document Type: Article

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