Backscatter lidar observation of the aerosol stratification in the lower troposphere during winter Bise: A case study

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 663-669

  Mitev, Valentin ^a   Matthey, Renaud ^a   Frioud, Max ^a   Srivastava, Manoj K ^a,d   Eckhardt, Sabine ^b   Stohl, Andreas ^b,c  

^a Observatory of Neuchatel   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; RADIOSONDE; STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33646041652     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0046     Document Type: Article

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