Estimation of surface and top-of-atmosphere shortwave irradiance in biomass-burning regions during SCAR-B

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1742-1753

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Welch, Ronald M ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^b   Hobbs, Peter V ^c   Eck, Thomas F ^d   Holben, Brent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034524171     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.10.1742     Document Type: Article

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