Vertical and spatial distribution of dust from aircraft and satellite measurements during the GERBILS field campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Johnson, Ben ^b   Jones, Thomas A ^a   Haywood, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; DUST AEROSOLS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGETS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LONG WAVES; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; NEW SATELLITES; NORTH AFRICA; OTHER APPLICATIONS; RADIATION FIELD; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; DUST; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; DESERT; DUST; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 66949144740     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037033     Document Type: Article

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