A method for aerosol profiling in the lower troposphere with coupled scatter and meteorological rawindsondes and first data from the tropical Atlantic off Sahara

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1069-1086

  Dulac, F ^a   Chazette, P ^a   Gomes, L ^b   Chatenet, B ^b   Berger, H ^c   Vinicula Dos Santos, J M ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c Institut Suisse de Meteorologie   (Switzerland)

^d Institute Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica Delegacao de Sao Vicente   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Nephelometer; Saharan dust; Tropical Atlantic; Vertical sounding

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; NEPHELOMETERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DUST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NEPHELOMETRY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TECHNIQUE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 0034921808     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(01)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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