Spatial variation of the aerosol concentration over a Mediterranean coastal zone and implication on the infrared extinction

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Blot, Romain ^a   Piazzola, Jacques ^a   Tedeschi, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal aerosols; Fetch; Optical propagation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COASTAL AEROSOLS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; FETCH; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL ZONE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 79957934454     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2870087     Document Type: Article

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