Aerosol physical and optical properties in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, Crete, from Aerosol Robotic Network data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5399-5413

  Fotiadi, A ^a,b   Hatzianastassiou, N ^b,d   Drakakis, E ^b,c   Matsoukas, C ^b,e   Pavlakis, K G ^a,b,c   Hatzidimitriou, D ^a,b   Gerasopoulos, E ^a,f   Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Vardavas, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^f NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845321767     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-5399-2006     Document Type: Article

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