Dust particles in the free atmosphere over desert areas on the Asian continent: Measurements from summer 2001 to summer 2002 with balloon-borne optical particle counter and lidar, Dunhuang, China

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Y S ^a   Iwasaka, Y ^a   Shi, G Y ^b   Nagatani, T ^a   Shibata, T ^a   Trochkin, D ^a   Matsuki, A ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Chen, B ^b   Zhang, D ^c   Nagatani, M ^a   Nakata, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust aerosols; Background Kosa; Balloon borne measurements; Desert area; Lidar

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BALLOON OBSERVATION; DUST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; DUNHUANG; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; WORLD;

EID: 10644229318     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD003269     Document Type: Article

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