Radiative signature of absorbing aerosol over the eastern Mediterranean basin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7213-7231

  Mishra, A K ^a   Klingmueller, K ^b   Fredj, E ^a   Lelieveld, J ^c   Rudich, Y ^a   Koren, I ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84904317290     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7213-2014     Document Type: Article

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