High aerosol optical depth biomass burning events: A comparison of optical properties for different source regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Eck, T F ^a,b   Holben, B N ^a   Reid, J S ^c   O'Neill, N T ^d   Schafer, J S ^a,e   Dubovik, O ^a,b   Smirnov, A ^a,b   Yamasoe, M A ^f   Artaxo, P ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SMOKE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIOMASS BURNING; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BIOMASS BURNING REGIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; FINE-MODE PARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; SMOKE PROPERTIES; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROVENANCE;

EID: 1242322481     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017861     Document Type: Article

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