A Dictionary of Weather

polar mesospheric cloud

A Dictionary of Weather | 2001 | Copyright

polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) Clouds that occur just below the mesopause at c.85–88 km, most probably as polar caps that extend equator-wards to latitudes of about 70° N and S. They appear to be closely related to noctilucent…

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