On recent (2008-2012) stratospheric aerosols observed by lidar over Japan

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 11975-11984

  Uchino, O ^a,b   Sakai, T ^b   Nagai, T ^b   Nakamae, K ^a   Morino, I ^a   Arai, K ^c   Okumura, H ^c   Takubo, S ^c   Kawasaki, T ^c   Mano, Y ^b   Matsunaga, T ^a   Yokota, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ETHIOPIA; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; NABRO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 84871274878     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11975-2012     Document Type: Article

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