Infrared radiative forcing of a Saharan dust plume in the north Atlantic

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL.2, 1998, Pages

  Chazette, P ^a   Pelon, J ^b   Carrasco, I ^b   Trouillet, V ^b   Dulac, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Desert aerosols; Infrared radiative forcing; Lidar; Meteosat; SOFIA ASTEX experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544346781     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(98)90833-3     Document Type: Article

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