Assessment of TOMS UV bias due to absorbing aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Arola, Antti ^a   Kazadzis, Stelios ^b   Krotkov, Nickolay ^c,d   Bais, Alkis ^b   Gröbner, Julian ^e,f   Herman, Jay R ^d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f World Radiation Center Physikalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEROSOL; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; TOMS;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 31344476039     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005913     Document Type: Article

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