Shortwave direct radiative forcing of Saharan dust aerosols over the Atlantic Ocean

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5147-5160

  Liu, Xiong ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIATION; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; DUST; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0348031259     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000114824     Document Type: Article

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