Comparing ECMWF AOD with AERONET observations at visible and UV wavelengths

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 593-608

  Cesnulyte, V ^a,b   Lindfors, A V ^a   Pitkanen M R A ^a,b   Lehtinen, K E J ^a,b   Morcrette, J J ^c   Arola, A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; DUST; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84892761117     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-593-2014     Document Type: Article

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