In-situ integrating nephelometer measurements of the scattering properties of-atmospheric aerosols at an urban coastal site in western Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-50

  Esteve, Anna R ^a   Estellés, Víctor ^a,b   Utrillas, María P ^a   Martínez Lozano, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Climatology; Integrating nephelometer; Light scattering

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SCATTERING; COASTAL SITES; FINE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; MEAN VALUES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; STANDARD DEVIATION; VALENCIA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEPHELOMETERS; SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN SITE; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; LASER NEPHELOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84155163179     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.043     Document Type: Article

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