Aerosol optical depths over North Africa: 2. Modeling and model validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Greed, Glenn ^a   Haywood, Jim M ^a   Milton, Sean ^a   Keil, Andreas ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^b   Gupta, Pawan ^b   Highwood, Eleanor J ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; INSTRUMENTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CLIMATE MODEL; DUST DEPOSITION; DUST EVENT; DUST MODELS; DUST TRANSPORT; FORECASTING MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH AFRICA; NWP MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; REGIONAL NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; SAHARAN DUST; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS;

DUST;

EID: 59749092896     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009457     Document Type: Article

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