Aerosol direct radiative effect at the top of the atmosphere over cloud free ocean derived from four years of MODIS data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 237-253

  Remer, Lorraine A ^a   Kaufman, Y J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; GLOBAL OCEAN; MODIS; REFLECTANCE; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33144465935     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-237-2006     Document Type: Article

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