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19 May 2006
Optical characteristics of desert dust over the East Mediterranean during summer: a case study
D. Balis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O.Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
V. Amiridis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O.Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
S. Kazadzis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O.Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Papayannis
Laboratory of Lasers and Applications, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Athens, Greece
G. Tsaknakis
Laboratory of Lasers and Applications, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Athens, Greece
S. Tzortzakis
Laboratory of Lasers and Applications, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Athens, Greece
N. Kalivitis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, 71409, Heraklion, Greece
M. Vrekoussis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, 71409, Heraklion, Greece
M. Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, 71409, Heraklion, Greece
N. Mihalopoulos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, 71409, Heraklion, Greece
G. Chourdakis
Raymetrics SA , 5, Kanari Str., Glyka Nera, Attiki, 153 54, Athens, Greece
S. Nickovic
Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD), University of Malta, Malta
now at: World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
C. Pérez
Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Earth Sciences Division, Edificio Nexus II. C/ Jordi Girona, 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
J. Baldasano
Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Earth Sciences Division, Edificio Nexus II. C/ Jordi Girona, 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
M. Drakakis
FORTH-Crete, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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