Spectral aerosol optical depth characterization of desert dust during SAMUM 2006

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 216-228

  Toledano, Carlos ^a   Wiegner, M ^a   Garhammer, M ^a   Seefeldner, M ^a   Gasteiger, J ^a   Muller D ^b   Koepke, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; OUARZAZATE; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA; TUNISIA;

EID: 58849097188     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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