A multiyear analysis of aerosol optical thickness over Europe and Central Poland using NAAPS model simulation

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1147-1163

  Maciszewska, Aneta E ^a   Markowicz, Krzysztof M ^b   Witek, Marcin L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

aerosol; optical properties; pollution transport model

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL ANALYSIS; AEROSOL COMPONENTS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIRECT OBSERVATION; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FREQUENT EPISODES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT MODEL; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC NETWORKS; SAHARAN AEROSOL; SAHARAN DUST; SEA SALTS; SULPHATES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MINERALS; MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICATE MINERALS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CORRELATION; DUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

POLAND;

EID: 78649634916     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-010-0034-5     Document Type: Article

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