Aerosol optical depth trend over the Middle East

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5063-5073

  Klingmüller, Klaus ^a   Pozzer, Andrea ^a   Metzger, Swen ^b   Stenchikov, Georgiy L ^c   Lelieveld, Jos ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WIND;

EGYPT; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA COAST;

EID: 84966349241     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-5063-2016     Document Type: Article

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