Influence of observed diurnal cycles of aerosol optical depth on aerosol direct radiative effect

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7895-7901

  Arola, A ^a   Eck, T F ^b,c   Huttunen, J ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a   Lindfors, A V ^a   Myhre, G ^d   Smirnov, A ^c,e   Tripathi, S N ^f   Yu, H ^c,g  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^e SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AQUA (SATELLITE); DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; TERRA (SATELLITE); ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84880515181     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7895-2013     Document Type: Article

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