On the observability of chemical and physical aerosol properties by optical observations: Inverse modelling with variational data assimilation

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 747-755

  Kahnert, Michael ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA ASSIMILATION; INVERSE PROBLEM; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 72449134684     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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