AERONET observations of direct and indirect aerosol effects over a south european conurbation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2779-2798

  Kelektsoglou, K ^a   Rapsomanikis, S ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CORRELATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79957592135     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003743223     Document Type: Article

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