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29 Jul 2003
Ultrathin Tropical Tropopause Clouds (UTTCs): I. Cloud morphology and occurrence
Th. Peter
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerlands
B. P. Luo
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerlands
M. Wirth
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
C. Kiemle
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
H. Flentje
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
V. A. Yushkov
Central Aerological Observatory, Moscow, Russia
V. Khattatov
Central Aerological Observatory, Moscow, Russia
V. Rudakov
Central Aerological Observatory, Moscow, Russia
A. Thomas
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, University of Mainz, Germany
S. Borrmann
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, University of Mainz, Germany
G. Toci
Quantum Electronics Institute, National Research Council (IEQ-CNR), Florence, Italy
P. Mazzinghi
National Institute of Applied Optics, Florence, Italy
J. Beuermann
Institute I: Stratosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
C. Schiller
Institute I: Stratosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
F. Cairo
Institute for Atmospheric Science and Climate,CNR, Roma, Italy
G. Di Donfrancesco
ENEA Casaccia, Roma, Italy
A. Adriani
Institute for Atmospheric Science and Climate,CNR, Roma, Italy
C. M. Volk
Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Universität Frankfurt, Germany
J. Strom
Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
K. Noone
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden
V. Mitev
Observatoire cantonal, Neuchâtel, Switzerlandy, Sweden
R. A. MacKenzie
Environmental Science Department, Lancaster University, UK
K. S. Carslaw
School of the Environment, University of Leeds, UKweden
T. Trautmann
Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Germany
V. Santacesaria
IROE – CNR "Nello Carrara", Firenze, Italy
L. Stefanutti
Geophysica-GEIE – "CNR", Firenze, Italy
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