Characterizing the vertical profile of aerosol particle extinction and linear depolarization over Southeast Asia and the Maritime Continent: The 2007-2009 view from CALIOP

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 520-543

  Campbell, James R ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^a   Westphal, Douglas L ^a   Zhang, Jianglong ^b   Tackett, Jason L ^c   Chew, Boon Ning ^d   Welton, Ellsworth J ^e   Shimizu, Atsushi ^f   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^f   Aoki, Kazuma ^g   Winker, David M ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol composition; Aerosol particle scattering; CALIPSO; Lidar; Maritime Continent; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; CALIPSO; MARITIME CONTINENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BINS; DEPOLARIZATION; NASA; RADIOMETERS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZE; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84873252572     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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