Assessments of urban aerosol pollution in Moscow and its radiative effects

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-378

  Chubarova, N Y ^a   Sviridenkov, M A ^b   Smirnov, A ^c   Holben, B N ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEGACITY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOMETER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIATIVE FORCING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

MOSCOW [MOSCOW (ADS)]; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84855534867     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-367-2011     Document Type: Article

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