Seasonal variation of columnar aerosol optical properties over Athens, Greece, based on MODIS data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2354-2366

  Kosmopoulos, P G ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b,c   Nastos, P T ^a   Kambezidis, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical properties; Aerosol types; Athens; Greece; MODIS; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AEROSOL TYPES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 41549132199     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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