Comparison of summer and winter California central valley aerosol distributions from lidar and MODIS measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 4510-4520

  Lewis, Jasper ^a   De Young, Russell ^b   Ferrare, Richard ^b   Allen Chu, D ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; California; Lidar; MODIS; San Joaquin Valley

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALIFORNIA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; MODIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PM2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIDAR; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT LIDAR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; WARMING; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956876881     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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