Development and calibration of a star photometer to measure the aerosol optical depth: Smoke observations at a high mountain site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2733-2738

  Perez Ramirez D ^a,b   Aceituno, J ^c   Ruiz, B ^a,b   Olmo, F J ^a,b   Alados Arboledas, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO HISPANO ALEMÁN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Langley plot; Star photometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHOTOMETRY; SMOKE;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; LANGLEY PLOT; STAR PHOTOMETRY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIBRATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAMERA; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 41549159402     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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