Cirrus optical properties observed with lidar, radiosonde, and satellite over the tropical Indian Ocean during the aerosol-polluted northeast and clean maritime southwest monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Seifert, P ^a   Ansmann, Albert ^a   Müller, Dietrich ^a   Wandinger, Ulla ^a   Althausen, Detlef ^a   Heymsfield, A J ^b   Massie, S T ^b   Schmitt, C ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIOSONDE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

EID: 35748950139     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008352     Document Type: Article

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