A study of the aerosol radiative properties needed to compute direct aerosol forcing in the southeastern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D20, 2000, Pages 24739-24749

  Yu, Shaocai ^a,b   Saxena, V K ^a   Wenny, B N ^a   DeLuisi, J J ^c   Yue, G K ^d   Petropavlovskikh, I V ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034536961     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900346     Document Type: Article

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