Aerosols in coastal and inland areas in the equatorial African belt

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2964-2973

  Ssenyonga, Taddeo ^a,b   Muyimbwa, Dennis ^a,b   Okullo, Willy ^b   Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Frette, Øvyind ^a   Hamre, Børge ^a   Steigen, Andreas ^a   Dahlback, Arne ^c   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ABSORPTION AND REFLECTIONS; AEROSOL LOADING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; ULTRAVIOLET INDEX; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; OZONE;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AEROSOLS; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900007007     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.002964     Document Type: Article

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