Mid-tropospheric aerosol backscatter background mode over the Pacific Ocean at 9.1 μm wavelength

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-284

  Rothermel, Jeffry ^a,b   Bowdle, David A ^a,c   Srivastava, Vandana ^a,d  

^a Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER; AEROSOLS; AIRBORNE BACKSCATTER DATA; BACKGROUND MODE; BACKSCATTER; CARBON DIOXIDE ISOTOPE; DOPPLER LIDAR DATA; MID-TROPOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR DENSITY; GROUND BASED; MODAL VALUES; PACIFIC OCEAN; RARE ISOTOPES; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0029750877     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00047     Document Type: Article

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