Airborne spectral radiation measurements to derive solar radiative forcing of Saharan dust mixed with biomass burning smoke particles

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 742-750

  Bauer, S ^a   Bierwirth, E ^a   Esselborn, M ^b   Petzold, A ^b   Macke, A ^c   Trautmann, T ^b   Wendisch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 80051990019     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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