Aerosol radiative forcing derived from SeaWiFS-retrieved aerosol optical properties

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 748-757

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a   Chan, Pui King ^b   Wang, Menghua ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARABIAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BAY OF BENGAL; CLIMATIC IMPACT; COASTAL REGIONS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EAST ASIA; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH PRESSURE REGIONS; INDONESIA; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SOLAR FLUX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; ZONAL PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BAND STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUN;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 0036329280     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059%3C0748%3AARFDFS%3E2.0.C     Document Type: Article

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