Airborne verification of CALIPSO products over the Amazon: A case study of daytime observations in a complex atmospheric scene

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11871-11881

  Marenco, F ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Marinou, E ^b   Tsekeri, A ^b   Pelon, J ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84909606919     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11871-2014     Document Type: Article

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