Assessment of aerosol's mass concentrations from measured linear particle depolarization ratio (vertically resolved) and simulations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3243-3255

  Nemuc, A ^a   Vasilescu, J ^a   Talianu, C ^a   Belegante, L ^a   Nicolae, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOMETER; SMOKE; SOFTWARE;

BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; ROMANIA;

EID: 84890099777     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3243-2013     Document Type: Article

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