Observed reductions of total solar irradiance by biomass-burning aerosols in the Brazilian Amazon and Zambian Savanna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Schafer, J S ^a,c   Eck, T F ^b,c   Holben, B N ^c   Artaxo, P ^d   Yamasoe, M A ^d   Procopio, A S ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; LARGE-SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENTS; RELATIVE REDUCTION; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SMOKE CONDITIONS; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

AEROSOLS;

NIA;

EID: 0036768693     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014309     Document Type: Article

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