Aerosol radiative forcing efficiency in the UV region over southeastern Mediterranean: VELETA2002 campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Diaz A M ^a   Garcia O E ^a   Diaz J P ^a   Exposito F J ^a   Utrillas, M P ^b   Martinez Lozano J A ^b   Alados Arboledas, L ^c   Olmo, F J ^c   Lorente, J ^d   Cachorro, V ^e   Horvath, H ^f   Labajo, A ^g   Sorribas, M ^h   Vilaplana, J M ^h   Silva, A M ⁱ   Elias, T ⁱ   Pujadas, M ^j   Rodrigues, J A ^k   Gonzalez J A ^l  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g National Institute of Meteorology   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^j CIEMAT   (Spain)

^k INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOMETERS; RADIOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 34249692898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007348     Document Type: Article

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