Diurnal cycle of dust and cirrus over West Africa as seen from Meteosat Second Generation satellite and a regional forecast model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^a   Tulet, Pierre ^b   Mari, Céline ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED WINDOW; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; DIURNAL CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34147128768     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027771     Document Type: Article

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