Do diurnal aerosol changes affect daily average radiative forcing?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3265-3269

  Kassianov, Evgueni ^a   Barnard, James ^a   Pekour, Mikhail ^a   Berg, Larry K ^a   Michalsky, Joseph ^b   Lantz, Kathy ^c   Hodges, Gary ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

diurnal variability of aerosol; remote sensing; time averaged direct aerosol radiative forcing; Two Column Aerosol Project (TCAP)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; DIRECT AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; GROUND-BASED DATA; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TWO-COLUMN AEROSOL PROJECT (TCAP);

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ERRORS; LOADING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN REGION;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880560315     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50567     Document Type: Article

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