African dust over the northern tropical Atlantic: 1955-2008

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2213-2229

  Evan, Amato T ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Atlantic Ocean; Climatology; Dust or dust storms; Satellite observations; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN DUST; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DUST STORM; HISTORICAL DATA; IN-SITU; LONG TERM RECORDS; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; MIDTROPOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROXY RECORDS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE FORCING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; HEATING RATE; SATELLITES; STORMS; TROPICS;

DUST;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST STORM; HUMID TROPICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 78149393594     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2485.1     Document Type: Article

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