Assessing large-scale weekly cycles in meteorological variables: A review

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5755-5771

  Sanchez Lorenzo, A ^a   Laux, P ^b   Franssen, H J Hendricks ^c   Calbo J ^d   Vogl, S ^b,e   Georgoulias, A K ^f   Quaas, J ^g  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^f DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLOUD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863444361     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5755-2012     Document Type: Article

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