Systematic lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET (2000-2002)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Papayannis, A ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Mona, L ^c   Tsaknakis, G ^a   Balis, D ^d   Bosenberg J ^e   Chaikovski, A ^f   De Tomasi, F ^g   Grigorov, I ^h   Mattis, I ⁱ   Mitev, V ^j   Muller D ⁱ   Nickovic, S ^k,l   Perez C ^m   Pietruczuk, A ⁿ   Pisani, G ^o   Ravetta, F ^p   Rizi, V ^q   Sicard, M ^r   Trickl, T ^s   Wiegner, M ^t   Gerding, M ^u   Mamouri, R E ^a   D'Amico, G ^c   Pappalardo, G ^c   more..

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j CSEM   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^l WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^m BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^p INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^s KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BACKSCATTER; DUST; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749089995     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009028     Document Type: Article

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