Aerosol characterization and direct radiative forcing assessment over the ocean. Part II: Application to test cases and validation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1818-1833

  Costa, Maria Joao ^a,b   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^b   Silva, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION BELTS; REFLECTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS (AOT); AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORK (AERONET); GLOBAL OZONE MONITORING EXPERIMENT (GOME); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE (TOA);

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13244268635     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2157.1     Document Type: Article

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