Aerosol content survey by mini N2-Raman lidar: Application to local and long-range transport aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7487-7495

  Royer, Philippe ^a,b   Chazette, Patrick ^a   Lardier, Melody ^b   Sauvage, Laurent ^b  

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

^b LEOSPHERE   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Iterative approach; Lidar ratio; Optical properties; UV N2 Raman lidar; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; DESERT DUST; DIURNAL CYCLE; ELASTIC CHANNELS; ERROR SOURCES; EYE-SAFE; INVERSION SCHEME; ITERATIVE APPROACH; LIDAR RATIO; LOCAL LOADS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEAN VALUES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RAMAN CHANNEL; RAMAN LIDAR; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION; TIME EVOLUTIONS; URBAN AREAS; UV N2-RAMAN LIDAR; VOLCANIC ASH; WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURVEYS; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEGACITY; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ASH;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 80053320659     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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