Exploring the potential of combining column-integrated atmospheric polarization with airborne in situ size distribution measurements for the retrieval of an aerosol model: A case study of a biomass burning plume during SAFARI 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Elias, Thierry ^a   Piketh, Stuart J ^b   Burger, Roelof ^c   Silva, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol polarized phase function; Aerosol refractive index; Aerosol size distribution; Airborne in situ measurement; Radiometric measurement

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOMASS BURNING; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742287568     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002426     Document Type: Article

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