Optical properties of long-range transported volcanic ash over Romania and Poland during Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 350-366

  Nemuc, Anca ^a   Stachlewska, Iwona S ^b   Vasilescu, Jeni ^a   Górska, Anna ^b   Nicolae, Doina ^a   Talianu, Camelia ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ceilometer; lidar; mineral dust; volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CEILOMETER; ELASTIC LIDARS; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; MULTIWAVELENGTH; RAMAN LIDAR MEASUREMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO ERUPTIONS;

COLOR; DEPOLARIZATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DUST; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLCANIC ASH;

BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; ROMANIA; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84892454143     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-013-0180-7     Document Type: Article

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