Radiative effects of African dust and smoke observed from Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Yorks, John E ^a,b   McGill, Matt ^b   Rodier, Sharon ^a   Vaughan, Mark ^c   Hu, Yongxiang ^c   Hlavka, Dennis ^a,b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; CLOUDS; DUST; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SMOKE;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL LAYERS; AFRICAN DUST; AQUA SATELLITES; BIOMASS-BURNING; CALIPSO; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; CO-LOCATED; COLOR RATIOS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DESERT DUST; DUST AEROSOLS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MEASURED PARAMETERS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SHORT WAVES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; THIN CIRRUS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BIOMASS BURNING; CIRRUS; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 72049102914     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012000     Document Type: Article

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