Three-year ground based measurements of aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean: The urban environment of Athens

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2145-2159

  Gerasopoulos, E ^a   Amiridis, V ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a   Kokkalis, P ^b   Eleftheratos, K ^c,d   Andreae, M O ^e   Andreae, T W ^e   El Askary, H ^f,g   Zerefos, C S ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79952365237     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2145-2011     Document Type: Article

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