Columnar aerosol properties in Valencia (Spain) by ground-based Sun photometry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Estellés, Víctor ^a   Martínez Lozano, José A ^a   Utrillas, María P ^a   Campanelli, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER CONTENT;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; WAVELENGTH;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548088711     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008167     Document Type: Article

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