Properties of aerosols aloft relevant to direct radiative forcing off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D8, 2000, Pages 9859-9885

  Hartley, W Seth ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Ross, John L ^a,d   Russell, Philip B ^b   Livingston, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC COAST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033784214     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900844     Document Type: Article

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