Estimation of diurnal shortwave dust aerosol radiative forcing during PRIDE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Ji, Qiang ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal forcing; Dust aerosols; Dust optical properties; Flux calculation and comparison; Forcing uncertainties

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0141917923     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002787     Document Type: Article

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