Raman lidar and sunphotometric measurements of aerosol optical properties over Thessaloniki, Greece during a biomass burning episode

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 4529-4538

  Balis, D S ^a   Amiridis, V ^a   Zerefos, C ^a,d   Gerasopoulos, E ^a   Andreae, M ^b   Zanis, P ^e   Kazantzidis, A ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a   Papayannis, A ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Biomass burning; Lidar

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; DATA ACQUISITION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NEPHELOMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TROPOSPHERE;

SUNPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FIRE; GREECE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SMOKE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GREECE; THESSALONIKI;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 0041816263     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00581-8     Document Type: Article

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