Interactive dust-radiation modeling: A step to improve weather forecasts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Pérez, Carlos ^a   Nickovic, Slobodan ^b,c   Pejanovic, Goran ^d   Baldasano, José María ^a   Özsoy, Emin ^e  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d South Environment and Weather Agency ^*  (Serbia)

^e MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DUST; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DUST; HEAT FLUX; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT MIXING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33847161716     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006717     Document Type: Article

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