Retrieval and climatology of the aerosol asymmetry parameter in the NOAA aerosol monitoring network

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Fiebig, Markus ^a,b   Ogren, John A ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CLIMATOLOGY; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34250818311     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006545     Document Type: Article

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