title: Increased aerosols content in the atmosphere over Ukraine during summer 2010
abstract: Abstract. In this paper we assess the influence of one of the most important sources of aerosols in the atmosphere, biomass burning, during summer 2010 on the abundance, dynamics, and properties of aerosols over Ukraine, also considering influences and effects over neighboring countries: ETR, Estonia, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, and Romania. MODIS satellite instrument data were used to study fires distribution. Ground-based remote measurements from the international sun photometers network AERONET