Variability of the infrared complex refractive index of African mineral dust: Experimental estimation and implications for radiative transfer and satellite remote sensing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11093-11116

  Di Biagio, C ^a   Boucher, H ^b   Caquineau, S ^b   Chevaillier, S ^a   Cuesta, J ^a   Formenti, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGERIA; BANIZOUMBOU; DOSSO; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; TAMANGHASSET; TAMANRASSET; WESTERN SAHARA;

EID: 84907259697     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11093-2014     Document Type: Article

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