Atmospheric aerosol optical properties: A database of radiative characteristics for different components and classes

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 8031-8041

  Levoni, Chiara ^a   Cervino, Marco ^a   Guzzi, Rodolfo ^a   Torricella, Francesca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol models; Aerosol optical properties; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0031580865     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008031     Document Type: Article

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