OMI/Aura UV product validation using NILU-UV ground-based measurements in Thessaloniki, Greece

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 283-297

  Zempila, Melina Maria ^a,b   Koukouli, Maria Elissavet ^b   Bais, Alkiviadis ^b   Fountoulakis, Ilias ^b   Arola, Antti ^c   Kouremeti, Natalia ^d   Balis, Dimitris ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brewer; NILU UV; OMI; Ultraviolet irradiance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; NASA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OVERPASSES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; TRACKING (POSITION);

BREWER; BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; NILU-UV; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

OZONE;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; EOS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NSCAT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE; SEASONALITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH; ZENITH ANGLE;

CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT; RADIATION DETECTOR; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 84973454531     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.009     Document Type: Review

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