Eyjafjallajökull ash concentrations derived from both lidar and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chazette, Patrick ^a   Bocquet, Marc ^b,c   Royer, Philippe ^a,d   Winiarek, Victor ^b,c   Raut, Jean Christophe ^e   Labazuy, Philippe ^f   Gouhier, Mathieu ^f   Lardier, Mélody ^d   Cariou, Jean Pierre ^d  

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

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

^d LEOSPHERE   (France)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ASH PLUMES; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; EULERIAN MODELS; GROUND BASED; ICELANDICS; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOSAT SATELLITES; PARTICLES SIZES; PLUME SHAPES; RAMAN LIDAR; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; SIZE RANGES; SOURCE TERMS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; TRANSPORT MODELS; WIND LIDAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CALIPSO; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; METEOSAT; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEVIRI; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; FRANCE; ICELAND; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84857704072     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015755     Document Type: Article

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