Asian dust outflow in the PBL and free atmosphere retrieved by NASA CALIPSO and an assimilated dust transport model

Three-dimensional structures of Asian dust transport in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) and free atmosphere occurring successively during the end of May 2007 were clarified using results of space-borne backscatter lidar, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), and results obtai...

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Main Authors: Y. Hara, K. Yumimoto, I. Uno, A. Shimizu, N. Sugimoto, Z. Liu, D. M. Winker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-02-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1227/2009/acp-9-1227-2009.pdf