Horizontal and vertical structure of the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud over the UK: A comparison of airborne lidar observations and simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 10145-10159

  Grant, A L M ^a   Dacre, H F ^a   Thomson, D J ^b   Marenco, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869013122     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-10145-2012     Document Type: Article

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