Spatial and temporal UV irradiance and aerosol variability within the area of an OMI satellite pixel

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4593-4601

  Kazadzis, S ^a,b,c   Bais, A ^b   Balis, D ^b   Kouremeti, N ^b   Zempila, M ^b   Arola, A ^a   Giannakaki, E ^b   Amiridis, V ^c   Kazantzidis, A ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 72449149242     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4593-2009     Document Type: Article

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