Transpacific transport and evolution of the optical properties of Asian dust

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-33

  Liu, Zhaoyan ^a   Fairlie, T Duncan ^b   Uno, Itsushi ^c   Huang, Jingfeng ^d   Wu, Dong ^e   Omar, Ali ^b   Kar, Jayanta ^a   Vaughan, Mark ^b   Rogers, Raymond ^b   Winker, David ^b   Trepte, Charles ^b   Hu, Yongxiang ^b   Sun, Wenbo ^a   Lin, Bing ^b   Cheng, Anning ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

CALIPSO; Depolarization ratio; Dust; Dust transport

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; ASIAN DUST; CALIPSO; COLD FRONT; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST TRANSPORT; EAST ASIA; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GOBI DESERT; INTRINSIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEAN VALUES; SOURCE REGION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TARIM BASIN; TRADE WINDS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEPOLARIZATION; MIXING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPICS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ASIA;

EID: 84871907284     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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