Estimation of the aerosol radiative forcing at ground level, over land, and in cloudless atmosphere, from METEOSAT-7 observation: Method and case study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 625-636

  Elias, T ^a   Roujean, J L ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METEOSAT; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39349101055     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-625-2008     Document Type: Article

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