Airmass classification and analysis of aerosol types at El Arenosillo (Spain)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 962-981

  Toledano, Carlos ^a,b,e   Cachorro, V E ^a   De Frutos, A M ^a   Torres, B ^a   Berjon A ^a   Sorribas, M ^c   Stone, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; AEROSOL TYPES; AIR MASS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CIMEL SUN PHOTOMETER; DESERT DUST; RECEPTOR SITES; SAHARA DESERT; SOURCE REGION; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; TWO CLASSIFICATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; IMAGE SENSORS; LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TURBIDITY;

ANDALUCIA; EL ARENOSILLO; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67649160223     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC2006.1     Document Type: Article

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