Raman lidar measurement of water vapor and ice clouds associated with Asian dust layer over Tsukuba, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Sakai, Tetsu ^a   Nagai, Tomohiro ^b   Nakazato, Masahisa ^b   Matsumura, Takatsugu ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; ICE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS; VAPORS; WATER;

ICE SATURATION; RAMAN LIDAR; WATER VAPORS;

CLOUDS;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD WATER; DUST; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; MIXING RATIO; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 18544392661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019332     Document Type: Article

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