Accession Number:

ADA061037

Title:

Atmospheric Turbidity in Europe, 1963-1969.

Descriptive Note:

Environmental research papers,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Volz,Frederic E.

Report Date:

1978-04-21

Pagination or Media Count:

55.0

Abstract:

Atmospheric turbidity in Western Europe and over the Atlantic Ocean is presented from measurements with sun photometers of solar radiation at a wavelength of 500 nm. Approximately 50 stations participated in a turbidity network for parts of the April 1963 to December 1969 period. Daily minimum values are tabulated, and turbidity at the same stations is shown graphically through December 1965. Frequency distributions for 27 stations show that average turbidity varies between about 0.05 and 0.24, depending on industrial pollution, with little seasonal difference. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERES
• *TURBIDITY
• AEROSOLS
• ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING
• LONG RANGE(TIME)
• RAYLEIGH SCATTERING
• VISIBILITY
• DATA REDUCTION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• TABLES(DATA)
• CALIBRATION
• SOLAR RADIATION
• NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
• WESTERN EUROPE
• PHOTOMETERS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE