Smoke plume optical properties and transport observed by a multi-wavelength lidar, sunphotometer and satellite

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-42

  Wu, Yonghua ^a   Cordero, Lina ^a   Gross, Barry ^a   Moshary, Fred ^a   Ahmed, Sam ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidar; Optical properties; Satellite; Smoke; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANGSTROM EXPONENT; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; EAST COAST; FOREST FIRES; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NEW YORK CITY; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SMOKE PLUME; SOURCE REGION; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

DEFORESTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SMOKE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; FOREST FIRE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SMOKE; TRAJECTORY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION; FIRE; FOREST; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; PHOTOMETRY; PLUME; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SMOKE; SPECTROMETER; SUNPHOTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

DEFORESTATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SMOKE; TRANSPORT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867115547     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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