Seasonal variability of tropospheric aerosols in Rome

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-214

  Ciardini, Virginia ^a   Di Iorio, Tatiana ^a,c   Di Liberto, Luca ^a,d   Tirelli, Cecilia ^a   Casasanta, Giampietro ^a   di Sarra, Alcide ^b   Fiocco, Giorgio ^a   Fuà, Daniele ^a   Cacciani, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UTMEA TER   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aerosol properties vertical profiles; Back trajectories; Desert dust; Tropospheric aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BACK-TRAJECTORIES; DESERT DUST; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST STORM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84864403412     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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