Does variation in mineral composition alter the short-wave light scattering properties of desert dust aerosol?

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-243

  Smith, Andrew J A ^a   Grainger, Roy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol refractive index; Aerosol remote sensing; Mineral dust; Radiative transfer; Refractive index variability

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH RETRIEVALS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DUST;

AEROSOL; DESERT; DUST; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84888053144     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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