An assessment of Saharan dust loading and the corresponding cloud-free longwave direct radiative effect from geostationary satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Brindley, Helen E ^a   Russell, Jacqueline E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; IMAGE SENSORS; OZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; COLOCATED OBSERVATIONS; DUST LAYER; GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGETS; LONG WAVES; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH AFRICA; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; SAHARAN DUST; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; SURFACE SITES; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; METEOSAT; OZONE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; ROBOTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72049132605     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011635     Document Type: Article

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