Measurements of nighttime atmospheric optical depth preliminary data from a mountain site in southern Italy

A grating spectrometer equipped with a photomultiplier was used to measure atmospheric optical depth with the moon as an extraterrestrial light source. Measurements are presented in the window regions in the spectral range 0.32–0.64 μm, with a resolution of about 3 nm. The Langley method was applied...

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Published inJournal of aerosol science Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 1213 - 1218
Main Authors Esposito, F, Serio, C, Pavese, G, Auriemma, G, Satriano, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1998
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Italy
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Summary:A grating spectrometer equipped with a photomultiplier was used to measure atmospheric optical depth with the moon as an extraterrestrial light source. Measurements are presented in the window regions in the spectral range 0.32–0.64 μm, with a resolution of about 3 nm. The Langley method was applied to estimate atmospheric optical depth. Measurements have been performed at a mountain site in southern Italy, at 1247 m above sea level in the context of the Gamma-ray Air–Cherenkov Multi Telescope experiment.
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ISSN:0021-8502
1879-1964
DOI:10.1016/S0021-8502(98)00011-1