Estimated desert-dust ice nuclei profiles from polarization lidar: Methodology and case studies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3463-3477

  Mamouri, R E ^a   Ansmann, A ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE; LIDAR; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

BARBADOS; CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; CYPRUS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84926160454     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3463-2015     Document Type: Article

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