Observation of boundary layer aerosols using a continuously operated, portable lidar system

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3885-3892

  Lagrosas, Nofel ^a   Yoshii, Yotsumi ^a   Kuze, Hiroaki ^a   Takeuchi, Nobuo ^a   Naito, Suekazu ^b   Sone, Akihiro ^c   Kan, Hirofumi ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba Prefectural Environmental Research Center   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic alignment; Buoyancy oscillation; Portable lidar; Raindrop speed; SPM concentration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AUTOMATION; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 2942717041     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.060     Document Type: Article

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