Observations of large aerosol infrared forcing at the surface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Vogelmann, Andrew M ^a   Flatau, Piotr J ^a,b   Szczodrak, Malgorzata ^c   Markowicz, Krzysztof M ^d   Minnett, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; EARTH (PLANET); GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE MODELS; AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; EARTH'S ENERGIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SURFACE ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL INFRARED;

GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENERGY BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0142174918     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016829     Document Type: Article

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