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Aerosol size distributions and air mass back trajectories over a Mediterranean coastal site
José Luis Gómez-amoJosé A. Martínez-lozanoVictor EstellésRoberto PedrósMaría P. Utrillassubject
Mediterranean climatePrevailing windsMeteorologyGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental scienceNorth africaAtmospheric sciencesAerosoldescription
In this paper we present the results obtained from ground-based measurements using a CIMEL sunphotometer during selected clear days corresponding to the winter and summer periods of 2002 in Valencia, an urban coastal Mediterranean site. From the direct solar extinction data the spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) has been retrieved. This spectral AOD has been used to obtain the size distribution function from the King inversion algorithm. The results show the great dependence of the optical aerosol characteristics on the dominant winds in this area. This location is subject to winds which have either a land or Mediterranean origin which frequently mask the aerosols coming from the Atlantic or north Africa, respectively.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-01-01 | International Journal of Remote Sensing |