Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground-based measurements of massive thick aerosol layers during the dry season in southern Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Schmid, B ^a   Redemann, J ^a   Russell, P B ^b   Hobbs, P V ^c   Hlavka, D L ^d   McGill, M J ^d   Holben, B N ^d   Welton, E J ^d   Campbell, J R ^d   Torres, O ^d   Kahn, R A ^e   Diner, D J ^e   Helmlinger, M C ^e   Chu, D A ^d   Robles Gonzalez, C ^f   De Leeuw, G ^f  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Biomass burning; Optical depth; Satellite; Sun photometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOMASS BURNING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0345476550     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002297     Document Type: Article

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