Sensitivity of shortwave radiative fluxes to the vertical distribution of aerosol single scattering albedo in the presence of a desert dust layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2787-2791

  Gomez Amo J L ^a   di Sarra, A ^b   Meloni, D ^b   Cacciani, M ^c   Utrillas, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol radiative forcing; Aerosol single scattering albedo; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC SITUATIONS; DESERT DUST; DIFFUSE FLUX; MARINE AEROSOLS; MARINE PARTICLES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FLUX; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SURFACE CHANGES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; LANDFORMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCANNING; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DESERT; DUST; DUST LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FLUXES; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 77953809114     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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