Sampling of an STT event over the Eastern Mediterranean region by lidar and electrochemical sonde

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2039-2050

  Papayannis, A ^a   Balis, D ^b   Zanis, P ^c   Galani, E ^b   Wernli, H ^d   Zerefos, C ^e   Stohl, A ^f   Eckhardt, S ^f   Amiridis, V ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Evolution of the atmosphere; Instruments and techniques); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmosphere dynamics; Turbulence)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIDAR; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26844458228     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2039-2005     Document Type: Article

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