Intercomparison of aerosol optical depth from brewer ozone spectrophotometers and CIMEL sunphotometers measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 733-741

  Cheymol, A ^a   Sotelino, L Gonzalez ^a   Lam, K S ^b   Kim, J ^c   Fioletov, V ^d   Siani, A M ^e   Backer, H De ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 74549149324     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-733-2009     Document Type: Article

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