Aerosol anthropogenic component estimated from satellite data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Boucher, O ^b,c   Tanre D ^c   Chin, M ^a   Remer, L A ^a   Takemura, T ^a,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENT; AEROSOL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL DIRECT FORCING; MODEL ASSESSMENTS; OPTICAL THICKNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 27544501820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023125     Document Type: Article

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