Observations and modelling of the solar and terrestrial radiative effects of saharan dust: A radiative closure case-study over oceans during the gerbils campaign

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 658, 2011, Pages 1211-1226

  Haywood, J M ^a,b   Johnson, B T ^a   Osborne, S R ^a   Mulcahy, J ^a   Brooks, M E ^a   Harrison, M A J ^a   Milton, S F ^a   Brindley, H E ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Mineral dust; Ozone; Radiative forcing; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; DUST LAYER; IRREGULAR PARTICLE; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MESOSCALE; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SAHARAN DUST; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INFRARED; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; UNDERLYING SURFACE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEST COAST;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SILICATE MINERALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; DUST; HUMIDITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SAHARA;

GERBILLINAE;

EID: 79960740603     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.770     Document Type: Article

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