Clear-sky closure studies of lower tropospheric aerosol and water vapor during ACE-2 using airborne sunphotometer, airborne in-situ, space-borne, and ground-based measurements

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 568-593

  Schmid, Beat ^a,c   Livingston, John M ^b   Russell, Philip B ^c   Durkee, Philip A ^d   Jonsson, Haflidi H ^d   Collins, Donald R ^e,l   Flagan, Richard C ^e   Seinfeld, John H ^e   Gassó, Santiago ^f   Hegg, Dean A ^f   Öström, Elisabeth ^g,j   Noone, Kevin J ^g   Welton, Ellsworth J ^h,k   Voss, Kenneth J ^h   Gordon, Howard R ^h   Formenti, Paola ⁱ   Andreae, Meinrat O ⁱ  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^k SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^l TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; CLOSURE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034076206     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v52i2.16659     Document Type: Article

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