Spatial distribution of aerosols in the Inn Valley atmosphere during wintertime

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Harnisch, F ^a   Gohm, Alexander ^a   Fix, A ^b   Schnitzhofer, R ^a   Hansel, A ^a   Neininger, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c MetAir AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VENTING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; INN VALLEY;

EID: 63149093066     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0318-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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