Study of the effect of different type of aerosols on UV-B radiation from measurements during EARLINET

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-321

  Balis, D S ^a   Amiridis, V ^a   Zerefos, C ^b,c   Kazantzidis, A ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Meleti, C ^a   Gerasopoulos, E ^a   Papayannis, A ^d   Matthias, V ^e   Dier, H ^f   Andreae, M O ^g  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 3242735914     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-307-2004     Document Type: Article

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