Estimation of aerosol water and chemical composition from AERONET Sun-sky radiometer measurements at Cabauw, the Netherlands

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5969-5987

  Van Beelen, A J ^a   Roelofs, G J H ^a   Hasekamp, O P ^b   Henzing, J S ^c   Rockmann T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84902590967     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5969-2014     Document Type: Article

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