Retrieval of aerosol optical depth above clouds from OMI observations: Sensitivity analysis and case studies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1037-1053

  Torres, Omar ^a   Jethva, Hiren ^b   Bhartia, P K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Aerosols; Clouds; Radiative forcing; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL EVENTS; AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS-BURNING; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; EVALUATION METHOD; FREE TROPOSPHERE; MINERAL AEROSOLS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RETRIEVAL METHODS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION COOLING; AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DEFORESTATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; COOLING; DEFORESTATION; ERRORS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY; SUN LIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84858252911     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0130.1     Document Type: Article

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