MIPAS detection of cloud and aerosol particle occurrence in the UTLS with comparison to HIRDLS and CALIOP

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2537-2553

  Sembhi, H ^a   Remedios, J ^a   Trent, T ^a   Moore, D P ^a   Spang, R ^b   Massie, S ^c   Vernier, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLOUD; EMISSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; LIDAR; MIPAS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; THRESHOLD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVELENGTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869065631     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2537-2012     Document Type: Article

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