Aerosol direct radiative forcing over Djougou (northern Benin) during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis dry season experiment (Special Observation Period-0)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Mallet, M ^a   Pont, V ^a   Liousse, C ^a   Gomes, Laurent ^b   Pelon, Jacques ^c   Osborne, S ^d   Haywood, J ^d   Roger, J Claude ^e   Dubuisson, Phillippe ^f   Mariscal, A ^a   Thouret, V ^a   Goloub, Phillippe ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c University of Jussieu   (France)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PHOTOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; BIOMASS BURNING; SCATTERING;

AFRICA; ATAKORA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; DJOUGOU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ABSORPTION; AIRCRAFT; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; OPTICAL RADAR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLEAR SKY; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; DRY SEASONS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR PROFILES; MEAN VALUES; MODERATE RESOLUTION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 59749099962     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009419     Document Type: Article

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