A new Saharan dust source activation frequency map derived from MSG-SEVIRI IR-channels

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Schepanski, Kerstin ^a,b   Tegen, I ^a   Laurent, B ^a   Heinold, B ^a   Macke, A ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS;

AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; DUST; METEOSAT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

AFRICA; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548111771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030168     Document Type: Article

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