Measurements of aerosol optical depth above 3570 m asl in the North Atlantic free troposphere: Results from ACE-2

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 678-693

  Formenti, Paola ^a,b   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; TROPOSPHERE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034039793     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2000.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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