Inter-comparison of lidar and ceilometer retrievals for aerosol and Planetary Boundary Layer profiling over Athens, Greece

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1261-1273

  Tsaknakis, G ^a   Papayannis, A ^a   Kokkalis, P ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Kambezidis, H D ^b   Mamouri, R E ^a   Georgoussis, G ^c   Avdikos, G ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Raymetrics SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DUST; INSTRUMENTATION; LIDAR; MIXED LAYER; RADIOMETER; RADIOSONDE; SENSOR; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84855599406     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1261-2011     Document Type: Article

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