Total ozone column measurements for an urban, tropical site in the Southern Hemisphere with a Microtops II

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-166

  Silva, A A ^a   Tomaz, L M ^b  

^a Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clouds; Ground based measurements; Ozone; Satellite measurements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CLOUD COVER; DATA COMPARISONS; DOBSON UNITS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; OZONE;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84857645329     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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