Satellite observations cap the atmospheric organic aerosol budget

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Heald, Colette L ^a   Ridley, David A ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Drury, Easan E ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CONSTRAINED SOURCE; GLOBAL SOURCES; INORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC AEROSOL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SUBMICRON; UPPER LIMITS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DUST; EOS; OPTICAL DEPTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOOT;

EID: 78650863704     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045095     Document Type: Article

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