Aerosol shortwave direct radiative effect and forcing based on MODIS Level 2 data in the Eastern Mediterranean (Crete)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12647-12662

  Benas, N ^a   Hatzianastassiou, N ^b   Matsoukas, C ^c   Fotiadi, A ^b   Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Vardavas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENERGY BUDGET; MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 83755168038     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12647-2011     Document Type: Article

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