The effects of atmospheric waves on the amounts of polar stratospheric clouds

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11535-11552

  Kohma, M ^a   Sato, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE DEPLETION; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 81855172332     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11535-2011     Document Type: Article

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