Shortwave aerosol radiative forcing over cloud-free oceans from Terra: 2. Seasonal and global distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Zhang, Jianglong ^a,b,c   Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Remer, Lorraine A ^d   Kaufman, Yoram J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 21444438517     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005009     Document Type: Article

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