Assimilation of satellite-derived aerosol optical thickness and online integration of aerosol radiative effects in a mesoscale model

Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 353-359

  Wang, Jun ^a   Nair, U S ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS (AOT); PUERTO RICO DUST EXPERIMENT (PRIDE); REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEM (RAMS); SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL TESTING; RADIATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 24044487607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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