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Some measurements of the extinction coefficients of solar radiation in Lagos

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Solar radiance measurements covering over seventeen months are analysed for a location beside the Lagos Lagoon. The aerosol extinction coefficient was generally higher in the dusty months than in the wet months. ‘Clean air’ estimates of the coefficient are made. Data on its wavelength dependence are also presented.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos Nigeria

    C. O. Oluwafemi

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Oluwafemi, C.O. Some measurements of the extinction coefficients of solar radiation in Lagos. PAGEOPH 118, 775–782 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01593029

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