Variations of meridional aerosol distribution and solar dimming

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Kishcha, P ^a   Starobinets, B ^a   Kalashnikova, O ^b   Long, C N ^c   Alpert, P ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DATA SETS; MERIDIONAL DISTRIBUTION; MIDLATITUDES; MODIS-AQUA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SATELLITE SENSORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DATA SET; MODIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954335769     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010975     Document Type: Article

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