Aerosol radiometric properties at Western Spain (Cáceres station)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 981-990

  Obregon M A ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Cancillo, M L ^a   Cachorro, V E ^b   Toledano, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol types; Atmospheric aerosol; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETRY; TURBIDITY;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TYPES; CIMEL SUN PHOTOMETER; SAHARAN DUST INTRUSIONS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AERONET; AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CACERES [EXTREMADURA]; EXTREMADURA; SPAIN;

CERES;

EID: 84928528202     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4031     Document Type: Article

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