Satellite observations of aerosol transport from East Asia to the Arctic: Three case studies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2225-2243

  Di Pierro, M ^a   Jaegle L ^a   Anderson, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; DUST; GEOPOTENTIAL; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LIDAR; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLUME; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARCTIC; FAR EAST;

EID: 79952673712     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2225-2011     Document Type: Article

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