First determination of the fractal perimeter dimension of noctilucent clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Von Savigny, Christian ^a   Brinkhoff, Lena A ^a   Bailey, Scott M ^b   Randall, Cora E ^c   Russell, James M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; NASA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD IMAGING; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SCALING BEHAVIOR; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ALBEDO; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79551595134     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045834     Document Type: Article

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