Spectral particle absorption coefficients, single scattering albedos and imaginary parts of refractive indices from ground based in situ measurements at Cape Verde Island during SAMUM-2

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 573-588

  Muller T ^a   Schladitz, A ^a   Kandler, K ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^a  

^a Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Reseach   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ALBEDO; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE THEORY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOOT; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 80052014688     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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