Satellite remote sensing analysis of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash cloud over the North Sea during 4-18 May 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a,b   Feng, Nan ^a   Naeger, Aaron ^a   Johnson, Ben ^c   Marenco, Franco ^c  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIRCRAFT DATA; AIRCRAFT VALUES; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; LONG WAVES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH SEA; OPTICAL DEPTH; PER UNIT; RADIATIVE ENERGY FLUX; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; THERMAL CHANNELS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84859478239     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016850     Document Type: Article

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