Articles | Volume 15, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5667-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5667-2022
Research article
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11 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2022

Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth trends using long-term measurements of different sun photometers

Angelos Karanikolas, Natalia Kouremeti, Julian Gröbner, Luca Egli, and Stelios Kazadzis

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