Infrared retrievals of dust using AIRS: Comparisons of optical depths and heights derived for a North African dust storm to other collocated EOS A-Train and surface observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Desouza Machado, S G ^a   Strow, L L ^a   Imbiriba, B ^a   McCann, K ^a   Hoff, R M ^a   Hannon, S E ^a   Martins, J V ^a   Tanre D ^b   Deuze J L ^b   Ducos, F ^b   Torres, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STORMS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

A-TRAIN; AFRICAN DUST; AIRS DATA; CALIPSO; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; COLUMN AMOUNT; DEEP BLUE; DUST LAYER; FORCINGS; INFRARED SCATTERING; LIDAR DATA; LONG WAVES; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL DEPTH RETRIEVALS; PER UNIT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SUN GLINT; SURFACE OBSERVATION; THERMAL INFRARED; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; DUST STORM; HEIGHT; INFRARED RADIATION; LIDAR; MODEL TEST; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955525888     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012842     Document Type: Article

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