Aerosol optical depth at ALOMAR Observatory (Andøya, Norway) in summer 2002 and 2003

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-228

  Toledano, Carlos ^a   Cachorro, Victoria ^a   Berjón, Alberto ^a   Sorribas, Mar ^b   Vergaz, Ricardo ^a   De Frutos, Ángel ^a   Antón, Manuel ^c   Gausa, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d ALOMAR Observatory   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; SUMMER;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33745022089     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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