Measurements of nighttime atmospheric optical depth preliminary data from a mountain site in southern Italy

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1213-1218

  Esposito, F ^a   Serio, C ^a   Pavese, G ^b   Auriemma, G ^c   Satriano, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MOON; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPECTROMETERS;

GRATING SPECTROMETERS; LANGLEY METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; GRATING; ITALY; LIGHT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032387960     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(98)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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