A solar escalator: Observational evidence of the self-lifting of smoke and aerosols by absorption of solar radiation in the February 2009 Australian Black Saturday plume

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  De Laat, A T J ^a   Stein Zweers, D C ^a   Boers, R ^a   Tuinder, O N E ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUN; VOLCANOES;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ACTIVE VOLCANOES; ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; BUSHFIRES; KEY FEATURE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PLUME RISE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SHORT WAVES; SMOKE PLUME; SOURCE REGION; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INSOLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84857475702     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017016     Document Type: Article

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