Reducing the Uncertainties in Direct Aerosol Radiative Forcing

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 701-721

  Kahn, Ralph A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol remote sensing; Direct aerosol radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENTS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED; TO EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862672325     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-011-9153-z     Document Type: Article

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