Aerosol climatology over South Africa based on 10 years of Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Tesfaye, M ^a,b   Sivakumar, V ^a,b,c   Botai, J ^a   Mengistu Tsidu, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR MASS; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOMASS-BURNING; LOAD LEVELS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL DUST; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL BAND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MASS TRANSPORT; MINERAL; MISR; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80455150046     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016023     Document Type: Article

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