Transport of aerosol to the Arctic: Analysis of CALIOP and French aircraft data during the spring 2008 POLARCAT campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8235-8254

  Ancellet, G ^a   Pelon, J ^a   Blanchard, Y ^a   Quennehen, B ^a,b   Bazureau, A ^a   Law, K S ^a   Schwarzenboeck, A ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84906247884     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-8235-2014     Document Type: Article

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