Shortwave radiative closure experiment and direct forcing of dust aerosol over northwestern China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Ge, J M ^a   Huang, J P ^a   Su, J ^a   Bi, J R ^a   Fu, Q ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; EXPERIMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AERONET; AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; DIFFUSE FLUX; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; DUST AEROSOLS; IMAGINARY PARTS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOMETER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84055182911     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049571     Document Type: Article

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