Retrieval of aerosol optical and physical properties from ground-based measurements for Zanjan, a city in Northwest Iran

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 2013, Pages 343-355

  Masoumi, A ^a   Khalesifard, H R ^a   Bayat, A ^a   Moradhaseli, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical properties; Aerosol physical properties; Atmospheric aerosol; Dust; Northwest Iran; Sunphotometer; Tigris Euphrates basin

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; NORTHWEST IRAN; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DUST; RADIOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEA LEVEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOMETER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RADIOMETER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARAL SEA; CASPIAN SEA; EUPHRATES BASIN; IRAN; TIGRIS BASIN; ZANJAN;

EID: 84878392705     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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