Effect of wind speed on aerosol optical depth over remote oceans, based on data from the Maritime Aerosol Network

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Smirnov, A ^a,b   Sayer, A M ^b,c   Holben, B N ^b   Hsu, N C ^b   Sakerin, S M ^d   MacKe, A ^e   Nelson, N B ^f   Courcoux, Y ^g   Smyth, T J ^h   Croot, P ⁱ   Quinn, P K ^j   Sciare, J ^k   Gulev, S K ^l   Piketh, S ^m   Losno, R ⁿ   Kinne, S ^o   Radionov, V F ^p  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Columbia   (United States)

^d V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^h PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^p ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84880558287     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-377-2012     Document Type: Article

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