Increase in background stratospheric aerosol observed with lidar at Mauna Loa Observatory and Boulder, Colorado

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Hofmann, David ^a,c   Barnes, John ^b,c   O'Neill, Michael ^a,c   Trudeau, Michael ^a,c   Neely, Ryan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Mauna Loa Observatory   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; BUILDINGS; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

ALTITUDE RANGE; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; COAL-BURNING; MAUNA LOA; PINATUBO; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL CYCLE; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SULFUR GAS; TROPICAL WINDS; VOLCANIC EMISSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BACKSCATTER; BURNING; COAL; LIDAR; OBSERVATORY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; BOULDER; CHINA; COLORADO; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 70350020389     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039008     Document Type: Article

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