Seasonal and diurnal variations of aerosol extinction profile and type distribution from CALIPSO 5-year observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4572-4596

  Huang, Lei ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^b   Tackett, Jason L ^c   Su, Hui ^b   Fu, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol diurnal variation; aerosol extinction; aerosol seasonal variation; aerosol type; CALIPSO

Indexed keywords

DUST; LIGHT EXTINCTION; SMOKE; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL TYPES; CALIPSO; DIURNAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIPSO; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84881150448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50407     Document Type: Article

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