An estimate of aerosol indirect effect from satellite measurements with concurrent meteorological analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Su, Wenying ^a   Loeb, Norman G ^b   Xu, Kuan Man ^b   Schuster, Gregory L ^b   Eitzen, Zachary A ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANALYSIS METHOD; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD DYNAMICS; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CONTINENTAL ORIGIN; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; GRID-BOX; INVERSION STRENGTH; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SINGLE LAYER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WEST COAST;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAJECTORY;

AFRICA;

EID: 77957557975     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013948     Document Type: Article

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