Middle East versus Saharan dust extinction-to-backscatter ratios

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7071-7084

  Nisantzi, A ^a   Mamouri, R E ^a   Ansmann, A ^b   Schuster, G L ^c   Hadjimitsis, D G ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84926200701     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7071-2015     Document Type: Article

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