Evolution of the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol over Antartica inferred from SAGE II extinction measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1797-1804

  Anderson, John ^a   Saxena, V K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Extinction; Inversion; RMST; Satellite; Stratosphere; Volcano

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; VOLCANIC ASH;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VOLCANOES;

ANTARCTICA; COLUMN MASS LOADING; COLUMN NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; EXTINCTION MEASUREMENT; MT PINATUBO; RANDOMIZED MINIMIZATION SEARCH TECHNIQUE; STRATOSPHERIC SETTLING; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; RMST; SAGE MEASUREMENT; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

ANTARCTICA; PHILIPPINES, MOUNT PINATUBO;

PINATUBO;

EID: 0029663090     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00388-6     Document Type: Article

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