Statistical variability of top of atmosphere cloud-free shortwave aerosol radiative effect

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2937-2948

  Jones, T A ^a   Christopher, S A ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SKEWNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250164666     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-2937-2007     Document Type: Article

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