A quarter-century of satellite polar mesospheric cloud observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics - Tập 68 Số 1 - Trang 9-29 - 2006
M. T. DeLand1, E. P. Shettle2, Gary E. Thomas3, J. J. Olivero4
1Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), 10210 Greenbelt Rd., Suite 400, Lanham, MD 20706, USA
2Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division, Code 7227, Washington, DC 20375-5051, USA
3LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0392, USA
4Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA

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