Investigation of polar stratospheric clouds in January 2008 by means of ground-based and spaceborne lidar measurements and microphysical box model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Achtert, P ^a   Khosrawi, F ^a   Blum, U ^b   Fricke, K H ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR MASS; AIR PARCELS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACKSCATTER RATIO; BOX MODELS; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; EASTERN SIDE; GREENLAND; GROUND BASED; GROUND-TRACK; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LIQUID LAYER; LIQUID PARTICLE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROPHYSICS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SOLID PARTICLES; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL LOCATION; WESTERN SIDE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR MASS; BACKSCATTER; CALIPSO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; ESRANGE; GREENLAND; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 79953697698     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014803     Document Type: Article

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