Explanation of discrepancies among satellite observations of the aerosol indirect effects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Rosenfield, Daniel ^a   Feingold, Graham ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AVHRR; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLDER;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; EARTH REFLECTANCE; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

EID: 0141942130     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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