Surface ozone photolysis rate trends in the Eastern Mediterranean: Modeling the effects of aerosols and total column ozone based on Terra MODIS data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Benas, N ^a   Mourtzanou, E ^a   Kouvarakis, G ^a   Bais, A ^b   Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Vardavas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical thickness; Enhancement factor; Ozone photolysis rate; Total column ozone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE;

AEROSOLS; DUST; NASA; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AEROSOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; SATELLITE DATA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVALUATION; GREECE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE OZONE PHOTOLYSIS RATE; TREND STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 84876314083     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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