Direct radiative effect of aerosols as determined from a combination of MODIS retrievals and GOCART simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Yu, Hongbin ^a   Dickinson, R E ^a   Chin, M ^b   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Zhou, M ^a   Zhou, L ^a   Tian, Y ^a   Dubovik, O ^b   Holben, B N ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Albedo; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 2642556300     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003914     Document Type: Article

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