An analysis of AERONET aerosol absorption properties and classifications representative of aerosol source regions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Giles, D M ^a,b,c   Holben, B N ^b   Eck, T F ^b,d   Sinyuk, A ^a,b   Smirnov, A ^a,b   Slutsker, I ^a,b   Dickerson, R R ^c   Thompson, A M ^e   Schafer, J S ^a,b  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AERONET; AERONET DATA; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; AEROSOL SOURCE; AEROSOL TYPES; BIOMASS-BURNING; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MINERAL DUST; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOURCE REGION; SPACE-BASED;

AIR POLLUTION;

ABSORBANCE; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE;

EID: 84866330755     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018127     Document Type: Article

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