Vertical profiles of aerosol scattering and absorption measured in situ during the North Atlantic Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2)

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 526-545

  Öström, Elisabeth ^a,b   Noone, Kevin J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACE 2; AEROSOL PROPERTY; SCATTERING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 17344374770     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v52i2.16176     Document Type: Article

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