An assessment of the surface longwave direct radiative effect of airborne Saharan dust during the NAMMA field campaign

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1048-1065

  Hansell, R A ^a,b   Tsay, S C ^b   Ji, Q ^a,b   Hsu, N C ^b   Jeong, M J ^b,c   Wang, S H ^a,b,d   Reid, J S ^e   Liou, K N ^f   Ou, S C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRBORNE DUSTS; ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DUST EVENT; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD STUDIES; GROUND BASED; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LONG WAVES; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; PER UNIT; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SAHARAN DUST; THERMAL IR; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIPSO; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

CAPE VERDE; SAL;

EID: 77953327402     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3257.1     Document Type: Article

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