Vertical profiles of aerosol optical properties over central Illinois and comparison with surface and satellite measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11695-11721

  Sheridan, P J ^a   Andrews, E ^a,b   Ogren, J A ^a   Tackett, J L ^c   Winker, D M ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CALIPSO; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; GEOSTATISTICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NOAA SATELLITE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BONDVILLE; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870797239     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11695-2012     Document Type: Article

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