Increase in upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric aerosol levels and its potential connection with Asian pollution

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1608-1619

  Vernier, J P ^a,b   Fairlie, T D ^b   Natarajan, M ^b   Wienhold, F G ^c   Bian, J ^d   Martinsson, B G ^e   Crumeyrolle, S ^f   Thomason, L W ^b   Bedka, K M ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA;

EID: 84925096685     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022372     Document Type: Article

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