Unravelling the microphysics of polar mesospheric cloud formation

<p>Polar mesospheric clouds are the highest water ice clouds occurring in the terrestrial atmosphere. They form in the polar summer mesopause, the coldest region in the atmosphere. It has long been assumed that these clouds form by heterogeneous nucleation on meteoric smoke particles which are...

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Main Authors: D. Duft, M. Nachbar, T. Leisner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-03-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/2871/2019/acp-19-2871-2019.pdf