Saharan dust storms and indirect aerosol effects on clouds: CRYSTAL-FACE results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   DeMott, Paul J ^b   Prospero, Joseph M ^c   Poellot, Michael R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DUST; GLACIERS; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS; AEROSOLS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; AEROSOL EFFECT; ASIAN DUST STORM; CLOUD PROPERTIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL WEATHER; SAHARAN DUST;

GEOPHYSICS; STORMS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DUST STORM; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0141922248     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017371     Document Type: Article

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