Reevaluation of Mineral aerosol radiative forcings suggests a better agreement with satellite and AERONET data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-95

  Balkanski, Y ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Claquin, T ^a,b   Guibert, S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CDC IXIS CAPITAL MARKETS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEMATITE; MINERAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EGYPT; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846211510     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-81-2007     Document Type: Article

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