Desert dust transported over Europe: Lidar observations and model evaluation of the radiative impact

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2881-2898

  Pitari, Giovanni ^a   Di Genova, Glauco ^a   Coppari, Eleonora ^a   De Luca, Natalia ^a   Di Carlo, Piero ^a   Iarlori, Marco ^a   Rizi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; DESERT; DUST; LIDAR; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EUROPE;

AQUILA;

EID: 84928636494     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022875     Document Type: Article

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