Comparison of UV irradiances from Aura/Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) with Brewer measurements at El Arenosillo (Spain) - Part 2: Analysis of site aerosol influence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 11867-11880

  Cachorro, V E ^a   Toledano, C ^a   Anton M ^b,g   Berjon A ^a   De Frutos, A ^a   Vilaplana, J M ^c   Arola, A ^d   Krotkov, N A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR CORRECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AURA (SATELLITE); BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; OZONE; SATELLITE SENSOR;

ANDALUCIA; EL ARENOSILLO; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 78650127868     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-11867-2010     Document Type: Article

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