Tropospheric LIDAR aerosol measurements and sun photometric observations at Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 925-932

  Balis, D ^a   Papayannis, A ^b   Galani, E ^a   Marenco, F ^a,c   Santacesaria, V ^a,d   Hamonou, E ^e   Chazette, P ^e   Ziomas, I ^a   Zerefos, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^d Optoelectronics Dept   (Italy)

^e Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol; LIDAR; Optical depth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOMETERS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

OPTICAL DEPTH;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; GREECE; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN; TECHNIQUE; TROPOSPHERE;

GREECE;

EID: 0034028719     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00317-9     Document Type: Article

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