Characterization of Stratospheric Smoke Particles over the Antarctica by Remote Sensing Instruments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Sites and Instrumentation
2.1. Measurement Stations
2.2. Instruments and Data
3. Smoke Event Detection over Marambio
4. Aerosol Properties
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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González, R.; Toledano, C.; Román, R.; Mateos, D.; Asmi, E.; Rodríguez, E.; Lau, I.C.; Ferrara, J.; D’Elia, R.; Antuña-Sánchez, J.C.; et al. Characterization of Stratospheric Smoke Particles over the Antarctica by Remote Sensing Instruments. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 3769. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223769
González R, Toledano C, Román R, Mateos D, Asmi E, Rodríguez E, Lau IC, Ferrara J, D’Elia R, Antuña-Sánchez JC, et al. Characterization of Stratospheric Smoke Particles over the Antarctica by Remote Sensing Instruments. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(22):3769. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223769
Chicago/Turabian StyleGonzález, Ramiro, Carlos Toledano, Roberto Román, David Mateos, Eija Asmi, Edith Rodríguez, Ian C. Lau, Jonathan Ferrara, Raúl D’Elia, Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez, and et al. 2020. "Characterization of Stratospheric Smoke Particles over the Antarctica by Remote Sensing Instruments" Remote Sensing 12, no. 22: 3769. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223769