Lidar depolarization measurement of fresh volcanic ash from Mt. Etna, Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-40

  Pisani, Gianluca ^a   Boselli, Antonella ^b   Coltelli, Mauro ^c   Leto, Giuseppe ^d   Pica, Giulia ^e   Scollo, Simona ^c   Spinelli, Nicola ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^e CORISTA ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Depolarization; Lidar; Lidar ratio; Mass concentration; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL BACKSCATTERING; ASH PARTICLES; ASH PLUMES; DEPOLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DIFFERENT SHAPES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LIDAR-RATIO; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; LIQUID DROPLETS; MASS CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEAN VALUES; MOUNT ETNA; MT. ETNA; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC PLUME;

AEROSOLS; DEPOLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; CRATER; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ITALY; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANIC ASH;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865711925     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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