Lidar and satellite retrieval of dust aerosols over the Azores during SOFIA/ASTEX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 4297-4304

  Chazette, Patrick ^a   Pelon, Jacques ^a   Moulin, Cyril ^a   Dulac, François ^a   Carrasco, Isabelle ^a   Guelle, Walter ^a   Bousquet, Philippe ^a   Flamant, Pierre Henri ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; Azores; Meteosat; Mineral dust; Sofia

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DUST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NUMERICAL TRANSPORT MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DUST; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; STRATOCUMULUS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DUST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE; SENSOR; TECHNIQUE;

MOROCCO; SPAIN;

EID: 0034931441     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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