On the origin of subvisible cirrus clouds in the tropical upper troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 12081-12101

  Reverdy, M ^a   Noel, V ^b   Chepfer, H ^b   Legras, B ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CIRRUS; ICE; LIDAR; TROPOSPHERE;

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 84871816929     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-12081-2012     Document Type: Article

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