Boundary layer aerosol composition over Sierra Nevada Mountains using 9.11- and 10.59-μm continuous wave lidars and modeled backscatter from size distribution data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Cutten, D R ^a   Jarzembski, M A ^b   Srivastava, V ^c   Pueschel, R F ^d   Howard, S D ^e   McCaul Jr , E W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Symtech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric aerosol backscatter; Atmospheric aerosol composition; Backscatter; Lidar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642456621     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002252     Document Type: Article

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