Radiative impact of boreal smoke in the Arctic: Observed and modeled

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Stone, R S ^b,c   Anderson, G P ^a,b   Shettle, E P ^f   Andrews, E ^b,c   Loukachine, K ^d   Dutton, E G ^b   Schaaf, C ^e   Roman III, M O ^e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED RADIATION; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SIMULATORS; SMOKE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC TUNDRA; ATMOSPHERE RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BOREAL FORESTS; CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD PARTICLES; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DARK SURFACES; DIABATIC PROCESS; FOREST FIRES; MODEL RESULTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION; MODTRAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PER UNIT; RADIANCE DATA; RADIANT ENERGY; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SOLAR ANGLE; SOLAR NOON; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE RADIATION BUDGET; TERRESTRIAL RADIATION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TUNDRA AREA; UNDERLYING SURFACE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOKE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 67649152896     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009657     Document Type: Article

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