Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9303-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9303-2013
Research article
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17 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2013

Optical, microphysical, mass and geometrical properties of aged volcanic particles observed over Athens, Greece, during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010 through synergy of Raman lidar and sunphotometer measurements

P. Kokkalis, A. Papayannis, V. Amiridis, R. E. Mamouri, I. Veselovskii, A. Kolgotin, G. Tsaknakis, N. I. Kristiansen, A. Stohl, and L. Mona

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