Column closure studies of lower tropospheric aerosol and water vapor during ACE-Asia using airborne Sun photometer and airborne in situ and ship-based lidar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Schmid, B ^a   Hegg, D A ^b   Wang, J ^c,d   Bates, D ^e   Redemann, J ^a   Russell, P B ^f   Livingston, J M ^g   Jonsson, H H ^h   Welton, E J ⁱ   Seinfeld, J H ^c   Flagan, R C ^c   Covert, D S ^b   Dubovik, O ⁱ   Jefferson, A ^j  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h CIRPAS   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aerosol extinction; Aircraft measurements of aerosol; Lidar; Sun photometer; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EXTINCTION; LIDAR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 19244375882     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003361     Document Type: Article

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