A multisensor satellite-based assessment of biomass burning aerosol radiative impact over Amazonia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Patadia, Falguni ^a   Gupta, Pawan ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 50049086353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009486     Document Type: Article

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