Characteristics of aerosol and cloud particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause layer measured with optical particle counter and lidar

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3507-3518

  Iwasaki, S ^a   Maruyama, K ^b   Hayashi, M ^c   Ogino, S Y ^d   Ishimoto, H ^e   Tachibana, Y ^d,f   Shimizu, A ^g   Matsui, I ^g   Sugimoto, N ^g   Yamashita, K ^c   Saga, K ^c   Iwamoto, K ^h   Kamiakito, Y ^f   Chabangborn, A ⁱ   Thana, B ⁱ   Hashizume, M ⁱ   Koike, T ^j   Oki, T ^j  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

ⁱ CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOPAUSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34547265145     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3507-2007     Document Type: Article

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