Effective aerosol optical depth from pyranometer measurements of surface solar radiation (global radiation) at Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3733-3741

  Lindfors, A V ^a   Kouremeti, N ^b   Arola, A ^a   Kazadzis, S ^c   Bais, A F ^b   Laaksonen, A ^a,d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 84896995554     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3733-2013     Document Type: Article

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