Evaluation of the new ESR network software for the retrieval of direct sun products from CIMEL CE318 and PREDE POM01 sun-sky radiometers

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11619-11630

  Estelles V ^a,b   Campanelli, M ^c   Smyth, T J ^d   Utrillas, M P ^a   Martinez Lozano J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84880646480     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11619-2012     Document Type: Article

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