Seasonal variability of aerosol optical properties in Darwin, Australia

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 726-739

  Bouya, Zahra ^a   Box, Gail P ^a   Box, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angstrom exponent; AOT; Biomass burning; Sea salt

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL SOURCE; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS-BURNING; COASTAL SITES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SEA SALTS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; WARM POOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; RADIOMETRY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952670139     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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