Shortwave versus longwave direct radiative forcing by Taklimakan dust aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Xia, Xiangao ^a   Zong, Xuemei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; DUST AEROSOLS; EARTH SYSTEMS; LONG WAVES; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIANT ENERGY; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT;

DUST; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; COUPLING; DUST; ENERGY BUDGET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOMETER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WARMING;

EID: 67449151948     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037237     Document Type: Article

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