Multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer calibration for spectral aerosol optical depth retrievals over São Paulo City, Brazil

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1171-1176

  Do Rosário, Nilton ^a   Yamasoe, Márcia Akemi ^a   Sayão, André ^a   Siqueira, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CALIBRATION VALUES; CLASSICAL METHODS; GENERAL METHOD; MULTIFILTER ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETERS; POLLUTION SOURCES;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 49249119669     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001171     Document Type: Article

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