Determining the UV imaginary index of refraction of Saharan dust particles from total ozone mapping spectrometer data using a three-dimensional model of dust transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages AAC-4-1-AAC-4-18

  Colarco, Peter R ^a   Toon, Owen B ^a   Torres, Omar ^b   Rasch, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust aerosols; Imaginary refractive index; Radiative properties; Satellite retrieval; Single scatter albedo; Transport model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROMETERS; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 1342347600     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000903     Document Type: Article

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