Aerosol optical properties from columnar data during the second Aerosol Characterization Experiment on the south coast of Portugal

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2002, Pages AAC-6-1-AAC-6-11

  Silva, Ana Maria ^a   Bugalho, Maria Lourdes ^a   Costa, Maria Joao ^a   Von Hoyningen Huene, Wolfgang ^b   Schmidt, Torsten ^b,d   Heintzenberg, Jost ^c   Henning, Sylvia ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere composition and chemistry; 3309 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology (1620); Aerosol optical thickness

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COASTAL ZONES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36448995044     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002196     Document Type: Article

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