Retrieval of Cirrus Clouds Properties Using Limb-Scanning Near-IR Spectroscopy in the Tropical Tropopause Layer During the NASA Attrex Mission

Santo F Colosimo1, Max Spolaor1, James Festa1, Vijay Natraj2, Robert J D Spurr3, Bodo Werner4, Lisa Scalone4, Klaus Pfeilsticker4 and Jochen Stutz1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)Rt Solutions Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Heidelberg, Institut fuer Umweltphysik, Heidelberg, Germany