PARISFOG: Shedding new light on fog physical processes

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 767-783

  Haeffelin, M ^a   Bergot, T ^b   Elias, T ^f   Tardif, R ^b   Carrer, D ^b   Chazette, P ^f   Colomb, M ^e   Drobinski, P ^c   Dupont, E ^a   Dupont, J C ^d   Gomes, L ^b   Musson Genon, L ^d   Pietras, C ^c   Plana Fattori, A ^g   Protat, A ^g   Rangognio, J ^b   Raut, J C ^g   Remy S ^b   Richard, D ^h   Sciare, J ^f   Zhang, X ^d   more..

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

^e Lab Reg des Ponts et Chaussees   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^h INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; LIFE CYCLE;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; MICROMETER PARTICLE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RADIATIVE PROCESS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77955641610     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2671.1     Document Type: Article

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