Lidar observation of spherical particles in a - 65°cold cirrus observed above Sodankyla (Finland) during S.E.S.A.M.E.

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-374

  Del Guasta, Massimo ^a   Morandi, Marco ^a   Stefanutti, Leopoldo ^a   Balestri, Stefano ^a   Kyro, Esko ^f   Rummukainen, Markku ^f   Kivi, Rigel ^f   Rizi, Vincenzo ^b   Stein, Bernhard ^c   Wedekind, Carsten ^c   Mielke, Bernd ^c   Matthey, Renaud ^d   Mitev, Valentin ^d   Douard, Mathilde ^e  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Observatoire Cantonal   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FREEZING; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TROPOSPHERE;

SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ICE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLOUD; COOLING; DEPOLARIZATION; FINLAND; FREEZING; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032030834     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)10008-8     Document Type: Article

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