Ground-based aerosol optical depth trends at three high-altitude sites in Switzerland and southern Germany from 1995 to 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Nyeki, S ^a   Halios, C H ^b   Baum, W ^c   Eleftheriadis, K ^d   Flentje, H ^c   GrobnerJ ^a   Vuilleumier, L ^e   Wehrli, C ^a  

^a PMOD/WRC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GROUND BASED; HIGH ALTITUDE; PINATUBO; REANALYSIS; SOUTHERN GERMANY; SWITZERLAND; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; AOD; EUROPE; TREND;

TIME SERIES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALTITUDE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; AEROSOL; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GERMANY; SWITZERLAND; BAVARIA; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; DAVOS; GRAUBUNDEN; HOHENPEISSENBERG; JUNGFRAUJOCH;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84867027259     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017493     Document Type: Article

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