Spatial and seasonal distribution of Arctic aerosols observed by the CALIOP satellite instrument (2006-2012)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7075-7095

  Di Pierro, M ^a   Jaegle L ^a   Eloranta, E W ^b   Sharma, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIPSO; HAZE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POINT SOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALERT; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880886866     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7075-2013     Document Type: Article

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