A new method for deriving aerosol solar radiative forcing and its first application within MILAGRO/INTEX-B

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7829-7843

  Schmidt, K S ^a   Pilewskie, P ^a   Bergstrom, R ^b   Coddington, O ^a   Redemann, J ^b   Livingston, J ^c   Russell, P ^d   Bierwirth, E ^e   Wendisch, M ^e   Gore, W ^d   Dubey, M K ^f   Mazzoleni, C ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOMETER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77956029918     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7829-2010     Document Type: Article

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