Atmospheric warming due to dust absorption over Afro-Asian regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Satheesh, S K ^a   Dutt, C B S ^b   Srinivasan, J ^a   Rao, U R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DUST; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; RADIATIVE HEAT BALANCE; SURFACE COOLING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; DUST; METEOSAT; MODIS; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; WARMING;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34547978719     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028623     Document Type: Article

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