Particle settling and vertical mixing in the Saharan Air Layer as seen from an integrated model, lidar, and in situ perspective

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 297-311

  Gasteiger, Josef ^a,b   Groß, Silke ^c   Sauer, Daniel ^c   Haarig, Moritz ^d   Ansmann, Albert ^d   Weinzierl, Bernadett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIOP; DUST; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICLE SIZE; VERTICAL MIXING;

SAHARA;

EID: 85009090902     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-297-2017     Document Type: Article

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