Column-integrated aerosol microphysical properties from AERONET Sun photometer over southwestern Spain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12535-12547

  Prats, N ^a,b   Cachorro, V E ^a   Berjon A ^b   Toledano, C ^a   De Frutos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Meteorological State Agency of Spain (AEMET)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84055176958     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12535-2011     Document Type: Article

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