A seasonal trend of single scattering albedo in southern African biomass-burning particles: Implications for satellite products and estimates of emissions for the world's largest biomass-burning source

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6414-6432

  Eck, T F ^a,b   Holben, B N ^b   Reid, J S ^c   Mukelabai, M M ^d   Piketh, S J ^e   Torres, O ^b   Jethva, H T ^a,b   Hyer, E J ^c   Ward, D E ^f   Dubovik, O ^g   Sinyuk, A ^b,h   Schafer, J S ^b,h   Giles, D M ^b,h   Sorokin, M ^b,h   Smirnov, A ^b,h   Slutsker, I ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Zambian Meteorological Department   (Zambia)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f Enviropyronics   (United States)

^g UNIV LILLE   (France)

^h SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol absorption; biomass burning; southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84880890881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50500     Document Type: Article

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