Modeling the solar radiative impact of aerosols from biomass burning during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI-2000) experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Myhre, Gunnar ^a,b   Berntsen, Terje K ^a,c   Haywood, James M ^d   Sundet, Jostein K ^a   Holben, Brent N ^e   Johnsrud, Mona ^b   Stordal, Frode ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aircraft measurements; Biomass burning; Radiative impact; Single scattering albedo; Transport model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742304848     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002313     Document Type: Article

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