Twilight sky brightness measurements as a useful tool for stratospheric aerosol investigations

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Mateshvili, Nina ^a   Fussen, Didier ^b   Vanhellemont, Filip ^b   Bingen, Christine ^b   Kyrölä, Erkki ^c   Mateshvili, Iuri ^a   Mateshvili, Giuli ^a  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 21644475973     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005512     Document Type: Article

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