Saharan dust contribution to the Caribbean summertime boundary layer - A lidar study during SALTRACE

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 11535-11546

  Groß, Silke ^a   Gasteiger, Josef ^b   Freudenthaler, Volker ^b   Müller, Thomas ^d   Sauer, Daniel ^a   Toledano, Carlos ^c   Ansmann, Albert ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SUMMER;

BARBADOS;

EID: 84988009873     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-11535-2016     Document Type: Article

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