Comparison of aerosol optical properties and water vapor among ground and airborne lidars and Sun photometers during TARFOX

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D8, 2000, Pages 9917-9933

  Ferrare, R ^a   Ismail, S ^a   Browell, E ^a   Brackett, V ^a   Clayton, M ^a   Kooi, S ^a   Melfi, S H ^b   Whiteman, D ^c   Schwemmer, G ^c   Evans, K ^b   Russell, P ^d   Livingston, J ^e   Schmid, B ^f   Holben, B ^c   Remer, L ^c   Smirnov, A ^c   Hobbs, P V ^g  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033787893     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901202     Document Type: Review

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