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Smirnov et al. 1995
Smirnov, A., Villevalde, Y., O'Neill, N.T., Royer, A. and Tarussov, A. (1995). Aerosol optical depth over the oceans: Analysis in terms of synoptic air mass types. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/95JD01265. issn: 0148-0227.

The results of spectral aerosol optical depth measurements in the Pacific Ocean, Baltic Sea, and North Atlantic are considered with regard to air mass types. It is found that the optical properties of continental and maritime air mass types differ significantly for the data employed in this study. A synoptical air mass context was also employed in demonstrating the correlation between near infrared aerosol optical depth &tgr;a (1640 nm) and wind speed as well as for investigations into the relationship between deck level relative humidity and the aerosol optical depth at 550 nm. Simulations, employing well-known aerosol parameterization models, of the aerosol optical depth spectra for various air mass types show good agreement with the experimental results in the visible and near infrared range. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Transmission and scattering of radiation, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Global Change, Remote sensing
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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