The Aura-OMI Aerosol Index distribution over Greece

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-39

  Kaskaoutis, D G ^a   Nastos, P T ^b   Kosmopoulos, P G ^b   Kambezidis, H D ^a   Kharol, S K ^c   Badarinath, K V S ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Oceanography Division   (India)

Author keywords

Absorbing aerosols; Aerosol Index; Greece; OMI; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL INDEX; GREECE; OMI; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DUST; OZONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREECE;

EID: 84755161493     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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