Abstract: Airborne lidar measurements of backscattering at 0.6943 ?m from polar stratospheric clouds, made in January 1984, are reported. The clouds, whose altitudes and geographical locations coincided with ambient atmospheric ...

Abstract: Aerosols and clouds have important effects on Earth's climate through their effects on the radiation budget and the cycling of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface. Limitations in our understanding of the global ...