Aerosol climatology in Kathmandu using Sun Photometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6362, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bhattarai, B K ^a   Kjeldstad, B ^a   Thorseth, T M ^a   Bagheri, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosol; AOD; Turbidity; UV; UV index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AOD; OPTICAL DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; UV INDEX;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33846620180     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.688963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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