Vertical profiles of aeolian dust in a desert atmosphere observed using lidar in Shapotou, China

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-171

  Yasui, Motoaki ^a   Zhou, Jixia ^b   Liu, Lichao ^b   Itabe, Toshikazu ^a   Mizutani, Kohei ^a   Aoki, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHAPOTOU; TENGGER DESERT; WORLD;

EID: 22244446495     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83a.149     Document Type: Article

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