Retrieval of the optical properties of tropospheric aerosols over Athens, Greece combining a 6-wavelength Raman-lidar and the CALIPSO VIS-NIR lidar system: Case-study analysis of a Saharan dust intrusion over the Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3514-3517

  Papayannis, A ^a   Mamouri, R E ^a   Chourdakis, G ^b   Georgoussis, G ^b   Amiridis, A ^c   Paronis, D ^c   Tsaknakis, G ^a   Avdikos, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Raymetrics SA   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol; CALIPSO; Dust; Lidar; Sahara

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; CALIPSO; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SAHARA; SAHARAN DUST INTRUSIONS; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 38549173843     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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