The aerosol forcing efficiency in the UV region and the estimation of single scattering albedo at a typical West European site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-320

  Nikitidou, E ^a   Kazantzidis, A ^a   De Bock, V ^b   De Backer, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerosol forcing efficiency; Single scattering albedo; UV

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BELGIUM; BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OZONE ABSORPTION; PER UNIT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPECTRAL REGION; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TOTAL OZONE; UV; UV IRRADIANCES; UV REGION; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OZONE; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

ABSORBANCE; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRADIANCE; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EUROPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM]; UCCLE;

EID: 84873157376     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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