Aerosol transport in the California Central Valley observed by airborne lidar

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8351-8357

  De Young, Russell J ^a   Grant, William B ^a,b   Severance, Kurt ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

AEROSOL PROFILES; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; PREVAILING WINDS; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LIDAR;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL LIDAR SYSTEM; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MASS; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AEROSOLS; CALIFORNIA; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644542478     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048740l     Document Type: Article

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