Sensitivity of TOMS aerosol index to boundary layer height: Implications for detection of mineral aerosol sources

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Mahowald, Natalie M ^a   Dufresne, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL INDEX; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT;

GEOPHYSICS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; TOMS;

EID: 18244419157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018865     Document Type: Article

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