Determination of ultraviolet cosine-corrected irradiances and aerosol optical thickness by combined measurements with a Brewer spectrophotometer and a multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 6142-6150

  Di Sarra, Alcide ^a   Fua, Daniele ^b   Cacciani, Marco ^b   Di lorio, Tatiana ^b   Disterhoft, Patrick ^c   Meloni, Daniela ^a   Monteleone, Francesco ^a   Piacentino, Salvatore ^a   Sferlazzo, Damiano ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MULTIFILTER ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETERS; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 60649106840     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006142     Document Type: Article

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