Aerosol radiative forcing and forcing efficiency in the UVB for regions affected by Saharan and Asian mineral dust

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1033-1040

  García, Omaira E ^a   Diaz A M ^a   Exposito F J ^a   Diaz J P ^a   Redondas, A ^b   Sasaki, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigación Atmosférico de Izaña   (Spain)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ASIAN DUST; BENCHMARK DATABASE; CANARY ISLANDS; F VALUES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUND-BASED STATIONS; MINERAL DUST; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PER UNIT; SAHARA DESERT; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SLANT PATH; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; ULTRAVIOLET DATA;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERICS; DUST; ENERGY TRANSFER; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST STORM; MODIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 69849112548     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2816.1     Document Type: Article

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