Optical properties of aerosols over the eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 6229-6244

  Bryant, C ^a   Eleftheriadis, K ^b   Smolik, J ^c   Zdimal, V ^c   Mihalopoulos, N ^d   Colbeck, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical properties; Particulate matter; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; SULFIDE MINERALS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING; STANDARD DEVIATION;

AEROSOLS;

SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WINTER;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748056477     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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