A satellite view of aerosols in the climate system

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6903, 2002, Pages 215-223

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Tanré, Didier ^b   Boucher, Olivier ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE SYSTEMS;

AEROSOLS;

WATER;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SATELLITE DATA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; CLOUD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; HUMANS; ICE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0037068444     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01091     Document Type: Article

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