Retrieval of the aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds from spaceborne spectrometry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  De Graaf, M ^a   Tilstra, L G ^a   Wang, P ^a   Stammes, P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL LAYERS; BIOMASS-BURNING; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PASSIVE SATELLITES; RADIATIVE ABSORPTION; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SPACE-BORNE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TRANSFER COMPUTATION; ULTRA-VIOLET;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SIR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VOLCANIC CLOUD; WAVELENGTH;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84859897466     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017160     Document Type: Article

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