Limitations of passive remote sensing to constrain global cloud condensation nuclei

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 6595-6607

  Stier, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; LIDAR; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERTURBATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84973569070     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-6595-2016     Document Type: Article

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