Seasonal characteristics of spherical aerosol distribution in eastern Asia: Integrated analysis using ground/space-based lidars and a chemical transport model

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-124

  Hara, Yukari ^a   Uno, Itsushi ^b   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a   Matsui, Ichiro ^a   Yumimoto, Keiya ^c   Kurokawa, Jun Ichi ^d   Ohara, Toshimasa ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

^e National Institute for Aerospace   (United States)

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EID: 84860194976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2011-031     Document Type: Article

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