Global and diffuse shortwave irradiance during a strong desert dust episode at Granada (Spain)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 232-239

  Anton M ^a   Valenzuela, A ^a   Cazorla, A ^a   Gil, J E ^a   Fernandez Galvez J ^a   Lyamani, H ^a   Foyo Moreno, I ^a   Olmo, F J ^a   Alados Arboledas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desert dust aerosols; Diffuse irradiance; Global irradiance; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; DESERT DUST; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIANCES; MEAN VALUES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; PER UNIT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SAHARAN DUST; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOLAR NOON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LANDFORMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DUST;

AEROSOL; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84864417922     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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