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Polar mesospheric clouds

Index Polar mesospheric clouds

Polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) are a diffuse scattering layer of water ice crystals near the summer polar mesopause. [1]

7 relations: Aeronomy, Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, Cloud iridescence, Mesopause, Noctilucent cloud, Polar stratospheric cloud, Summer solstice.

Aeronomy

Aeronomy is the meteorological science of the upper region of the Earth's or other planetary atmospheres, which relates to the atmospheric motions, its chemical composition and properties, and the reaction to it from the environment from space.

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Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) is a satellite to conduct a 26-month study of noctilucent clouds (NLCs).

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Cloud iridescence

Cloud iridescence is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon.

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Mesopause

The mesopause is the temperature minimum at the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere atmospheric regions.

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Noctilucent cloud

Noctilucent clouds, or night shining clouds, are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Earth.

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Polar stratospheric cloud

Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs), also known as nacreous clouds (from nacre, or mother of pearl, due to its iridescence), are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of.

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Summer solstice

The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_mesospheric_clouds

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