Optical properties of boreal forest fire smoke derived from sun photometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  O'Neill, N T ^a   Eck, T F ^b   Holben, B N ^c   Smirnov, A ^b   Royer, A ^a   Li, Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Forest fire smoke; Optics; Sun photometry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FIRE; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 17044455135     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000877     Document Type: Article

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