Comparison of optical and microphysical properties of pure Saharan mineral dust observed with AERONET Sun photometer, Raman lidar, and in situ instruments during SAMUM 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Muller D ^a,b   Lee, K H ^a   Gasteiger, J ^c   Tesche, M ^d   Weinzierl, B ^c,e   Kandler, K ^f   Muller T ^b   Toledano, C ^c,g   Otto, S ^e,h   Althausen, D ^b   Ansmann, A ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

AERONET; AERONET DATA; AXIS RATIO; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DATA PRODUCTS; DUST PROPERTIES; ERROR SOURCES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GROUND BASED; IN-SITU; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR RATIO; LINEAR PARTICLES; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; RAMAN LIDAR; SAHARAN DUST; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO; SUN PHOTOMETERS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MOROCCO; SAHARA;

EID: 84859917035     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016825     Document Type: Article

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