First estimations of the aerosol optical thickness using Langley Method at Southern Brazil (29.4°S, 53.8°W)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2178-2182

  Carbone, S ^a,b   Padilha, L F ^a,b   Rosa, M B ^a   Pinheiro, D K ^b   Schuch, N J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Space Science Laboratory of Santa Maria LACESM/CT UFSM Santa Maria ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brewer Spectrophotometer; Langley Method; Optical thickness; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OZONE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETER; LANGLEY METHOD; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33745615623     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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