Horizontal variability of aerosol optical depth observed during the ARCTAS airborne experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8489-8495

  Shinozuka, Y ^a   Redemann, J ^a  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTOCORRELATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051927582     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8489-2011     Document Type: Article

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