Cooling of the Atlantic by Saharan dust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Lau, K M ^a   Kim, K M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; DUST; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 39049117395     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031538     Document Type: Article

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