Aerosol retrieval from two-wavelength backscatter and one-wavelength polarization lidar measurement taken during the MR01K02 cruise of the R/V Mirai and evaluation of a global aerosol transport model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Nishizawa, Tomoaki ^a   Okamoto, Hajime ^b   Takemura, Toshihiko ^c   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a   Matsui, Ichiro ^a   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; SEA SALT; SURFACE WIND; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 58249083353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009640     Document Type: Article

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