Columnar aerosol optical properties in the Po Valley, Italy, from MFRSR data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Mazzola, M ^a   Lanconelli, C ^a   Lupi, A ^a   Busetto, M ^a   Vitale, V ^a   Tomasi, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AVERAGE VALUES; CLOUD SCREENING; CYCLIC BEHAVIOR; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL; MEAN VALUES; MEDIAN VALUE; NORTH AFRICA; NORTHERN ITALY; OPTICAL PARAMETER; PO VALLEY; PO VALLEY , ITALY; POLLUTED AREA; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SAHARAN DUST; SEASONAL MEAN; SHAPE PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DUST; HOMOGENEITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SAHARA;

EID: 77956022022     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013310     Document Type: Article

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