Synergetic measurements of aerosols over São Paulo, Brazil using LIDAR, sunphotometer and satellite data during the dry season

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1523-1539

  Landulfo, E ^a   Papayannis, A ^b   Artaxo, P ^c   Castanho, A D A ^c   De Freitas, A Z ^a   Souza, R F ^a   Vieira Jr , N D ^a   Jorge, M P M P ^d   Sanchez Ccoyllo O R ^c   Moreira, D S ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais   (Brazil)

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EID: 3142639084     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1523-2003     Document Type: Article

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