Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3733-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3733-2013
Research article
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09 Apr 2013
Research article |  | 09 Apr 2013

Effective aerosol optical depth from pyranometer measurements of surface solar radiation (global radiation) at Thessaloniki, Greece

A. V. Lindfors, N. Kouremeti, A. Arola, S. Kazadzis, A. F. Bais, and A. Laaksonen

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