Comparison of the Ångström parameters retrieval in different spectral ranges with the use of different techniques

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 233-246

  Kaskaoutis, D G ^a,b   Kambezidis, H D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39349099227     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-007-0279-y     Document Type: Article

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