Comparison of aerosol single scattering albedos derived by diverse techniques in two North Atlantic experiments

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 609-619

  Russell, P B ^a   Redemann, J ^b   Schmid, B ^b   Bergstrom, R W ^b   Livingston, J M ^c   Mcintosh, D M ^d   Ramirez, S A ^d   Hartley, S ^e   Hobbs, P V ^e   Quinn, P K ^f   Carrico, C M ^g,k   Rood, M J ^g   Ostrom E ^h,l   Noone, K J ^h   Von Hoyningen Huene, W ⁱ   Remer, L ^j  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Symtech Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AEROSOL SOURCE; BEST FIT; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DIVERSE TECHNIQUES; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE AEROSOLS; NORTH ATLANTIC; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; THERMAL OFFSET; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GAS ABSORPTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 0036325244     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059%3C0609%3ACOASSA%3E2.0.C     Document Type: Article

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