Airborne study of a multi-layer aerosol structure in the eastern Mediterranean observed with the airborne polarized lidar ALEX during a STAAARTE campaign (7 June 1997)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1817-1831

  Dulac, F ^a   Chazette, P ^a  

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

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EID: 11344265466     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1817-2003     Document Type: Article

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