Investigation into the wavelength dependence of the aerosol optical depth in the Athens area

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 620, 2006, Pages 2217-2234

  Kaskaoutis, D G ^a,b   Kambezidis, H D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ngstr m exponent; Second derivative; Spectral solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; POLYNOMIALS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; SECOND DERIVATIVE; SPECTRAL SOLAR RADIATION;

METEOROLOGY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WAVELENGTH;

ATHENS COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751542229     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.183     Document Type: Article

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