Shape-induced gravitational sorting of Saharan dust during transatlantic voyage: Evidence from CALIOP lidar depolarization measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3281-3286

  Yang, Weidong ^a   Marshak, Alexander ^b   Kostinski, Alexander B ^c,d   Várnai, Tamás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

CALIPSO; depolarization; particle shape; remote sensing; Saharan dust; transport

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLING; LIGHT DEPOLARIZATION; PARTICLE SHAPE; SAHARAN DUST; TRANSPORT; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

DEPOLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SCREENING; SORTING;

DUST;

ALTITUDE; CALIPSO; DATA SET; DUST; GRAVITY FLOW; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SAHARA;

EID: 84880563786     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50603     Document Type: Article

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