Determination of Ångström and Schüepp's parameters from groundbased spectral measurements of beam irradiance in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum in Athens, Greece

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 821-838

  Kambezidis, H D ^a   Adamopoulos, A D ^a   Zevgolis, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbidity; ngstr m turbidity coefficients; Sch epp turbidity parameter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0034998752     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00001206     Document Type: Article

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