Desert dust aerosol columnar properties over ocean and continental Africa from Lidar in-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) and Meteosat synergy

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Berthier, Sebastien ^a,b   Chazette, P ^a   Couvert, P ^a   Pelon, J ^b   Dulac, F ^a   Thieuleux, F ^a   Moulin, C ^a   Pain, T ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SENSOR; BACKSCATTER; DESERT; DUST; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; METEOSAT; MODIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33947513529     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006999     Document Type: Article

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