Micro-Pulse Lidar Measurements of Aerosol Vertical Structure over the Loess Plateau

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-11

  Jian Ping, Huang ^a   Zhong Wei, Huang ^a   Jian Rong, Bi ^a   Wu, Zhang ^a   Lei, Zhang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol; lidar; Loess Plateau; vertical structure

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; DUST; EDDY; LIDAR; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GOBI DESERT; LOESS PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 76949099244     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2008.11446756     Document Type: Article

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