Modeled spectral optical properties for smoke aerosols in Amazonia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Procopio, A S ^a   Remer, L A ^b   Artaxo, P ^a   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Holben, B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SMOKE;

PHOTOMETER NETWORKS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SMOKE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642617943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018063     Document Type: Article

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