measuring the mass of the volcanic dust in the atmosphere

Subject: measuring the mass of the volcanic dust in the atmosphere

Date: Tue May 18 06:11:36 2010
Posted by joe
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Hi 
Can you explain how they measure the mass per cubic meter of the pollution in 
the upper atmosphere which stops air traffic in Europe.I know they can use 
lasers to scatter light off the particals and maybe use this scattered light to 
make a measurement but how?.

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