Detailed aerosol optical depth intercomparison between brewer and li-cor 1800 spectroradiometers and a cimel sun photometer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1558-1571

  Cachorro, V E ^a   Berjon A ^a   Toledano, C ^a   Mogo, S ^a,b   Prats, N ^a   De Frutos, A M ^a   Vilaplana, J M ^c   Sorribas, M ^c   De La Morena, B A ^c   Grobner J ^d   Laulainen, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BREWER SPECTRORADIOMETER; CIMEL SUN PHOTOMETER; DATA SERIES; INTERCOMPARISONS; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OZONE CONTENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RUNNING-IN; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; UV WAVELENGTH;

INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; WAVELENGTH;

ANDALUCIA; EL ARENOSILLO; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 73149108182     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1217.1     Document Type: Article

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