Modeled optical thickness of sea-salt aerosol

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Madry, William L ^a,b   Toon, Owen B ^a   O'Dowd, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

AERONET; BACKGROUND LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCY; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC WATCHES; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; MARINE AIR; MEAN-WINDS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; MIE THEORY; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SEA SALTS; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; SURFACE WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH; HYGROSCOPICITY; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIE THEORY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SALT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; MIDWAY ISLAND; MIDWAY ISLANDS;

EID: 79955420150     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014691     Document Type: Article

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