Changes in aerosol optical properties due to dust storms in the Middle East and Southwest Asia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-227

  Alam, Khan ^a   Trautmann, Thomas ^b   Blaschke, Thomas ^c   Subhan, Fazli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d Government Post Graduate College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AOD; Dust storms; Radiative forcing; Size distribution; SSA

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; AOD; DUST STORM; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SHORTWAVE AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SSA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

STORMS;

AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST STORM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLUME;

ASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84893344054     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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