Large aerosol effects on ozone photolysis in the Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3937-3943

  Casasanta, Giampietro ^a,b   di Sarra, Alcide ^b   Meloni, Daniela ^b   Monteleone, Francesco ^b   Pace, Giandomenico ^b   Piacentino, Salvatore ^b   Sferlazzo, Damiano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinic flux; Aerosol optical depth; Ozone; Photochemistry; Photolysis frequency

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC FLUX; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; DATA SETS; DIODE ARRAYS; OZONE CHANGES; OZONE PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS FREQUENCIES; PHOTOLYSIS FREQUENCY; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PHOTOLYSIS; SCANNING;

OZONE;

OZONE;

ACTINIC FLUX; AEROSOL; DATA SET; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WEATHER STATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIODE; LAMPEDUSA; OCEANIC REGIONS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WINTER;

AGRIGENTO; ITALY; LAMPEDUSA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY;

EID: 79959505916     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.065     Document Type: Article

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