Variability of the Linke and Unsworth-Monteith turbidity parameters in Athens, Greece

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 259-269

  Kambezidis, H D ^a   Fotiadi, A K ^a,c   Katsoulis, B D ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

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EID: 0034355399     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030070008     Document Type: Article

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