New Hot Paper Comment by Didier Tanre

Didier Tanre answers a few questions about this month's new hot paper in the field of Geosciences.

From •>>July 2003

Field: Geosciences
Article Title: "Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations"
Authors: Dubovik, O;Holben, B;Eck, TF;Smirnov, A;Kaufman, YJ;King, MD;Tanre, D;Slutsker, I
Journal: J ATMOS SCI
Volume: 59
Page: 590-608
Year: 2002
* NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Terr Phys Lab, Code 923, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
* NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Terr Phys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
* Sci Syst & Applicat Inc, Lanham, MD USA.
* Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Goddard Earth Sci & Technol Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA.
* NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Atmospheres Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
* NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Earth Sci Directorate, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
* Univ Sci & Tech Lille, Lille, France.

Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

There was no such information before.

Does it describe a new discovery or a new methodology that's useful to others?

Yes, it describes aerosol parameters that are very important for climate change.

How did you become involved in this research?

I am involved in the AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) program.

Dr. Didier Tanre
Research Director At University of Lille.
Université of Sciences and Technologies of Lille 1
Atmospheric Laboratory of Optics
Lille, FRANCE

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