Satellite observations of desert dust-induced Himalayan snow darkening

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 988-993

  Gautam, Ritesh ^a,b   Hsu, N Christina ^b   Lau, William K M ^b   Yasunari, Teppei J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Remote Sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE-BASED ANALYSIS; SNOW-ALBEDO FEEDBACKS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; SPECTRAL SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; INFRARED DEVICES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL REVIEW; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FORCING; MODIS; MONSOON; PLUME; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84876782704     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50226     Document Type: Article

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