Continental aerosol properties inferred from measurements of direct and diffuse solar irradiance

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Marsden, David C ^a   Valero, Francisco P J ^a   Bush, Brett C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 28844490653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005660     Document Type: Article

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