New Directions: Emerging satellite observations of above-cloud aerosols and direct radiative forcing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-40

  Yu, Hongbin ^a,b   Zhang, Zhibo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol above clouds; Radiative forcing; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; MULTIWAVELENGTH; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE; CLOUD; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SPACE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84875633790     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.017     Document Type: Letter

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