Continuous observations of Asian dust and other aerosols by polarization lidars in China and Japan during ACE-Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a   Matsui, Ichiro ^a   Arao, Kimio ^b   Uno, Itsushi ^c   Murayama, Toshiyuki ^d   Kagawa, Naoki ^e   Aoki, Kazuma ^f   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^g   Yamazaki, A Akihiro ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^g METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous lidar observation; Depolarization ratio; Dust transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKSCATTER; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLARIZATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 3142571317     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD003253     Document Type: Article

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