Satellite-based assessment of cloud-free net radiative effect of dust aerosols over the Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Jones, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DUST; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NET RADIATIVE EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; DUST; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250192799     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027783     Document Type: Article

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