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García et al. 2006
García, O.E., Díaz, A.M., Expósito, F.J., Díaz, J.P., Gröbner, J. and Fioletov, V.E. (2006). Cloudless aerosol forcing efficiency in the UV region from AERONET and WOUDC databases. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL026794. issn: 0094-8276.

Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) and World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Center (WOUDC) combined information have been used to calculate the aerosol forcing efficiency under cloud-free conditions, ΔFe, in the ultraviolet region (290--325 nm) at surface. The stations of these global networks have been collocated spatial and temporarily, resulting three common stations: two in Canada, representative of background conditions (Bratt's Lake and Saturna Island) and one in Italy, characterized by rural and industrial aerosols (Ispra). The monthly ΔFe was calculated during spring and summer time in the common period, 1999 to 2004, and for the Cimel wavelengths 500, 440, 380 and 340 nm. The ΔFe values range from -0.65 ¿ 0.07 Wm-2/τ500 to -0.36 ¿ 0.03 Wm-2/τ340 for Ispra, whereas for the Canadian observatories the interval varies from -2.07 ¿ 0.62 Wm-2/τ500 to -0.16 ¿ 0.23 Wm-2/τ340. No significant annual or seasonal trends for the ΔFe were found in any station.

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Radiation, transmission and scattering, Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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