Saharan dust aerosol radiative forcing measured from space

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2558-2571

  Li, Fang ^a   Vogelmann, A M ^b   Ramanathan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CLOUDS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS;

BIOMASS-BURNING AEROSOLS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; DUST; MODIS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 3843084134     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2558:SDARFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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