Spectral surface albedo over Morocco and its impact on radiative forcing of Saharan dust

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-269

  Bierwirth, Eike ^a,f,g   Wendisch, Manfred ^a,f   Ehrlich, André ^a,f   Heese, Birgit ^a,b   Tesche, Matthias ^a,b   Althausen, Dietrich ^a   Schladitz, Alexander ^a   Müller, Detlef ^a   Otto, Sebastian ^c   Trautmann, Thomas ^c   Dinter, Tilman ^d   Von Hoyningen Huene, Wolfgang ^d   Kahn, Ralph ^e,h  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALBEDO; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 58849166223     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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