On the aerosol weekly cycle spatiotemporal variability over Europe

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4611-4632

  Georgoulias, A K ^a   Kourtidis, K A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WESTERLY; WIND;

EASTERN EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79956105736     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4611-2011     Document Type: Article

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