Vertical distribution of atmospheric particles and water vapor densities in the free troposphere: Lidar measurement in spring and summer in Nagoya, Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1459-1465

  Kwon, S A ^a   Iwasaka, Y ^a   Shibata, T ^a   Sakai, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storm (Kosa) particles; Free troposphric water vapor; Raman scattering lidar measurement; Seasonal changes in free tropospheric aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; DUST STORM; LIDAR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

JAPAN, HONSHU, NAGOYA;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OPTICAL RADAR; RAMAN SCATTERING; TROPOSPHERE;

DUST STORMS; TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030616164     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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