In situ measurement of the aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio at a polluted continental site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D22, 2000, Pages 26907-26915

  Anderson, Theodore L ^a   Masonis, Sarah J ^a   Covert, David S ^a   Charlson, Robert J ^a   Rood, Mark J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034492371     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900400     Document Type: Article

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