Urban/industrial aerosol: Ground-based Sun/sky radiometer and airborne in situ measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16849-16859

  Remer, Lorraine A ^a,c   Gassó, Santiago ^b   Hegg, Dean A ^b   Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Holben, Brent N ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETER; URBAN/INDUSTRIAL AEROSOL;

EID: 0031396071     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01932     Document Type: Article

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