Spatial and temporal variability of the stratospheric aerosol cloud produced by the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Antuña, Juan Carlos ^a,b,g   Robock, Alan ^a   Stenchikov, Georgiy ^a   Zhou, Jun ^c   David, Christine ^d,h   Barnes, John ^e   Thomason, Larry ^f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Camaguey Children s Hospital   (Cuba)

^c ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Estación Lidar Camagüey Instituto de Meteorología   (Cuba)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Lidar; Satellite; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

BACKSCATTER; DATA ASSIMILATION; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 3142577561     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003722     Document Type: Article

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