Lidar Measurements of the Vertical Distribution of Aerosol Optical and Physical Properties over Central Asia

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</svg>/1064 nm (b) on 06 June 2009.</table>

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Figure 10: Lidar Measurements of the Vertical Distribution of Aerosol Optical and Physical Properties over Central Asia 