Raman lidar and aircraft measurements of tropospheric aerosol particles during the Asian dust event over central Japan: Case sudy on 23 April 1996

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Sakai, Tetsu ^a   Shibata, Takashi ^b   Hara, Keiichiro ^c   Kido, Mizuka ^d   Osada, Kazuo ^b   Hayashi, Masahiko ^e   Matsunaga, Katsuji ^b   Iwasaki, Yasunobu ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Niikawa Water Museum Niikawa Local Administration Div ^*  (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne sampling; Asian mineral dust particles; Raman lidar; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 17144432982     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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