Comparison of AERONET and SKYRAD4.2 inversion products retrieved from a Cimel CE318 sunphotometer

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-579

  Estelles V ^a,b   Campanelli, M ^c   Utrillas, M P ^a   Exposito F ^b   Martinez Lozano J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE; TURBIDITY; VOLUME;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84858728790     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-569-2012     Document Type: Article

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