Aerosol load characterization over South-East Italy for one year of AERONET sun-photometer measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 111-133

  Perrone, M R ^a   Santese, M ^a   Tafuro, A M ^a   Holben, B ^b   Smirnov, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical and microphysical properties; Aerosols; Sun photometer

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DUST; MARINE POLLUTION; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOOT; WATER;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS (AOD); ANGSTROM COEFFICIENTS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDOS (SSA); SUNPHOTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOMETER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15944381266     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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