Aerosol single scattering albedo retrieval in the UV range: An application to OMI satellite validation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Ialongo, I ^a   Buchard, V ^b   Brogniez, C ^b   Casale, G R ^a   Siani, A M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; CLEAR SKY; ERROR CORRECTION; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 74549174681     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-331-2010     Document Type: Article

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