Overview of sun photometer measurements of aerosol properties in Scandinavia and Svalbard

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Toledano, C ^a   Cachorro, V E ^a   Gausa, M ^b   Stebel, K ^c   Aaltonen, V ^d   Berjon A ^a   Ortiz de Galisteo, J P ^a   de Frutos, A M ^a   Bennouna, Y ^a   Blindheim, S ^b   Myhre, C L ^c   Zibordi, G ^e   Wehrli, C ^f   Kratzer, S ^g   Hakansson, B ^h   Carlund, T ^h   de Leeuw, G ^d,i,j   Herber, A ^k   Torres, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Andøya Rocket Range ^*  (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f World Radiation Center   (Switzerland)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j TNO   (Netherlands)

^k ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Aerosol; Arctic; Scandinavia; Sun photometer

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ARCTIC; ARCTIC AEROSOLS; COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; CURRENT PARAMETERS; EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS; FINLAND; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; LONG TERM RECORDS; MEAN SIZE; SCANDINAVIA; SUB-ARCTIC; SUN PHOTOMETER; SUN PHOTOMETERS; SVALBARD; TRANSPORT PATTERNS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ACQUISITION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HAZE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN PHOTOMETER; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WINTER;

ARCTIC; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84858767937     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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