Simulation of the aerosol optical depth over Europe for August 1997 and a comparison with observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28295-28311

  Jeuken, A ^a,d   Veefkind, J P ^a   Dentener, F ^b   Metzger, S ^b   Robles Gonzalez, C ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035682497     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900063     Document Type: Article

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