Absorption properties of Mediterranean aerosols obtained from multi-year ground-based remote sensing observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9195-9210

  Mallet, M ^a   Dubovik, O ^b   Nabat, P ^c   Dulac, F ^d   Kahn, R ^e   Sciare, J ^d   Paronis, D ^f   Leon J F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84884231214     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9195-2013     Document Type: Article

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