Modeling the transport and optical properties of smoke aerosols from African savanna fires during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative campaign (SAFARI 2000)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Matichuk, Rebecca I ^a   Colarco, P R ^b   Smith, J A ^a   Toon, O B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SMOKE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; MODELING; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SCATTERING; SMOKE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250643594     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007528     Document Type: Article

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