Estimating the direct radiative effect of absorbing aerosols overlying marine boundary layer clouds in the southeast Atlantic using MODIS and CALIOP

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4801-4815

  Meyer, Kerry ^a,b   Platnick, Steven ^b   Oreopoulos, Lazaros ^b   Lee, Dongmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; clouds; radiative forcing; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOKE; SUN;

CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING EFFICIENCY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

LIQUIDS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84881159879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50449     Document Type: Article

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