Investigating the frequency and interannual variability in global above-cloud aerosol characteristics with CALIOP and OMI

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-69

  Alfaro Contreras, R ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Campbell, J R ^b   Reid, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CALIOP; CLOUD; DATA SET; MODIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; CHINA; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84957309460     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-47-2016     Document Type: Article

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