Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jatp...46..819t&link_type=abstract
(IAMAP, IAGA, and IUGG, Symposium on Middle Atmosphere Science, Hamburg, West Germany, Aug. 15, 16, 1983) Journal of Atmospheric
Physics
47
Light Scattering, Noctilucent Clouds, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Spaceborne Experiments, Optical Thickness, Strata, Summer, Ultraviolet Spectrometers
Scientific paper
The results of the Ultraviolet Spectrometer experiment (UVS) on board the Solar Mesosphere Explorer (SME) satellite, which measured the scattering of sunlight from the polar mesospheric cloud layer in the 0.2-0.3 micron spectral range, are discussed. The properties of the UVS instrument and the method of limbscanning are briefly considered, and a typical height profile is described. The ocurrence frequency of the polar mesospheric profile throughout the 1982 northern summer season is described, and a selected data set taken during the northern summer of 1983 at two scattering angles is examined which reveals the presence of forward scattering behavior. This permits the estimation of the mean particle sizes through Mie scattering theory. The relationships of the particle radii, optical depths, and equivalent water vapor column mass are described, and the potential of the large SME data base for future studies is addressed.
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