Single scattering albedo of fine mineral dust aerosols controlled by iron concentration

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Moosmller, Hans ^a   Engelbrecht, Johann P ^a   Skiba, Micha ^a,b   Frey, Garrett ^a,c   Chakrabarty, Rajan K ^a   Arnott, W Patrick ^a,c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AEROSOL TYPES; BULK SOILS; CALCULATIONS AND MODELING; FINE MINERAL DUST; FINE PARTICLE FRACTIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON CONTENT; MASS EMISSIONS; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; NORTH AFRICA; NORTHEAST AFRICA; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SURFACE ALBEDO; TWO WAVELENGTH; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; XRF ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; ALBEDO; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DUST; IRON; MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; SEMIARID REGION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84862296142     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016909     Document Type: Article

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