Partitioning between aerosol and NO 2 absorption in the UV spectral region

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5886, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Krotkov, N A ^a,b   Herman, J R ^b   Cede, A ^c   Labow, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET network; Aerosol absorption; CIMEL sun photometer; Diffuse fraction measurements; NO 2 absorption; Single scattering albedo; UV multi filter rotating shadow band radiometer

Indexed keywords

AERONET NETWORKS; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; CIMEL SUN PHOTOMETERS; DIFFUSE FRACTION MEASUREMENTS; NO 2 ABSORPTION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; UV MULTI-FILTER ROTATING SHADOW BAND RADIOMETERS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOMETERS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 29344475766     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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