Estimation of aerosol direct radiative effects over the mid-latitude North Atlantic from satellite and in situ measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1731-1734

  Bergstrom, R W ^a,b   Russell, P B ^a,b  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033563597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900330     Document Type: Article

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