Optical, microphysical, mass and geometrical properties of aged volcanic particles observed over Athens, Greece, during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010 through synergy of Raman lidar and sunphotometer measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9303-9320

  Kokkalis, P ^a   Papayannis, A ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Mamouri, R E ^a,c   Veselovskii, I ^d   Kolgotin, A ^d   Tsaknakis, G ^a   Kristiansen, N I ^e   Stohl, A ^e   Mona, L ^f  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^d PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIDAR; MIXING; OPTICAL DEPTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84884267272     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9303-2013     Document Type: Article

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