Polarising properties of the aerosols in the north-eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on the ACE-2 period

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 620-635

  Elias, Thierry ^a   Devaux, Claude ^a   Goloub, Philippe ^a   Herman, Maurice ^a  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION;

(TROPICAL NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034127697     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v52i2.17123     Document Type: Article

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