Lidar measurements of Asian dust storms and dust cloud interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Nee, Jan B ^a   Chiang, Chih Wei ^b   Hu, Huan Ling ^c   Hu, Shun Xing ^c   Yu, Jia Yuh ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

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

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DUST; STORMS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DUST STORM; HEIGHT; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE DATA;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEFEI;

EID: 35148841438     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008476     Document Type: Article

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