Retrieval of aerosol surface area and volume densities from extinction measurements: Application to POAM II and SAGE II

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9325-9336

  Steele, H M ^a,e   Lumpe, J D ^b   Turco, R P ^a   Bevilacqua, R M ^c   Massie, S T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ERROR ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033608897     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900032     Document Type: Article

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