Raman lidar observations of aerosol emitted during the 2002 Etna eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Pappalardo, Gelsomina ^a   Amodeo, Aldo ^a   Mona, Lucia ^a   Pandolfi, Marco ^a   Pergola, Nicola ^a   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES; AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

PLUME TRANSPORT; RAMAN ELASTIC-BACKSCATTER LIDAR; YOUNG SUBMICRON SULFATE PARTICLES; AEROSOL EXTINCTION; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; RAMAN ELASTIC BACKSCATTER LIDAR; SULFATE PARTICLES; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL RADAR;

AVHRR; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 18344411352     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019073     Document Type: Article

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