Interrelationships between aerosol characteristics and light scattering during late winter in an Eastern Mediterranean arid environment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D20, 1999, Pages 24371-24393

  Ichoku, Charles ^a,d   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a   Andreae, Tracey W ^a   Meixner, Franz X ^a   Schebeske, Guenther ^a   Formenti, Paola ^a   Maenhaut, Willy ^b   Cafmeyer, Jan ^b   Ptasinski, Jacek ^b   Karnieli, Arnon ^c   Orlovsky, Leah ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADIATIVE FORCING; WINTER;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0033610397     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900781     Document Type: Article

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