Cases of aerosol optical depth estimation in the Athens area, Greece

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1524-1532

  Giavis, George M ^a,b   Kambezidis, Harry D ^b   Basdekis, Athanasios K ^b   Sifakis, Nikolaos ^b   Toth, Zoltan ^c   Adamopoulos, Anastasios D ^d   Zevgolis, Dimitrios ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^d Ministry of Environment Greece   (Greece)

^e HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

ngstr m turbidity coefficients; Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Athens; Direct beam measurements; Greece; Solar spectral radiation

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY; WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); ANGSTROM TURBIDITY COEFFICIENTS; ATHENS, GREECE; DIRECT BEAM MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR SPECTRAL RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; TURBIDITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 28444441945     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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