Impact of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide on the regional radiation budget

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6389-6400

  Vasilkov, A P ^a   Joiner, J ^b   Oreopoulos, L ^b   Gleason, J F ^b   Veefkind, P ^c   Bucsela, E ^d   Celarier, E A ^e   Spurr, R J D ^f   Platnick, S ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f RT Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 75249083653     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6389-2009     Document Type: Article

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