Optical and microphysical characterization of aerosol layers over South Africa by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8109-8123

  Giannakaki, Elina ^a   Van Zyl, Pieter G ^b   Müller, Detlef ^c   Balis, Dimitris ^d   Komppula, Mika ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ALGORITHM; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84978153393     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-8109-2016     Document Type: Article

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