Influence of humidity on the aerosol scattering coefficient and its effect on the upwelling radiance during ACE-2

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 546-567

  Gasso S ^a   Hegg, D A ^a   Covert, D S ^a   Collins, D ^b   Noone, K J ^c   Ostrom E ^c   Schmid, B ^d   Russell, P B ^e   Livingston, J M ^f   Durkee, P A ^g   Jonsson, H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; HUMIDITY; RADIANCE; SCATTERING;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034076317     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v52i2.16657     Document Type: Article

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