Profiles of the atmospheric temperature response to the Saharan dust outbreaks derived from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and OMI AI

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-121

  Wang, Kuo Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FORMOSAT 3 COSMIC; GPS; Saharan dust layer; Saharan dust outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC COOLING; AEROSOL INDEX; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; DUST LOADING; FORMOSA; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; LOW LEVEL; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SAHARAN AIR LAYERS; SAHARAN DUST; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE COOLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL IMPACTS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COSMOLOGY; DUST; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; IONOSPHERE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; DUST; GPS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAHARA;

EID: 77649232968     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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