Characterizing polar atmospheres and their effecton Rayleigh-scattering optical depth

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue D2, 2010, Pages

  Tomasi, Claudio ^a   Petkov, Boyan ^a,b   Stone, Robert S ^c,d   Benedetti, Elena ^e   Vitale, Vito ^a   Lupi, Angelo ^a   Mazzola, Mauro ^a   Lanconelli, Christian ^a   Herber, Andreas ^f   Von Hoyningen Huene, Wolfgang ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 80051687190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012852     Document Type: Article

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