Aerosol optical properties in the iranian region obtained by ground-based solar radiation measurements in the summer of 1991

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1265-1278

  Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a   Hayasaka, Tadahiro ^b   Higurashi, Akiko ^b   Hashida, Gen ^b   Moharram Nejad, Naser ^c   Najafi, Yahya ^c   Valavi, Hamzeh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dept of the Environment of Iran ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; FOSSIL FUEL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SULPHATE EMISSION;

IRAN, BUSHEHR;

EID: 0030436645     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1265:AOPITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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