Aerosol radiative effects during two desert dust events in August 2012 over the southwestern Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 404-415

  Obregon M A ^a   Pereira, S ^a   Salgueiro, V ^a   Costa, M J ^a   Silva, A M ^a   Serrano, A ^b   Bortoli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dust aerosols; LibRadtran model; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

DESERT DUST; DUST AEROSOLS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

AERONET; AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; DUST STORM; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

BADAJOZ [EXTREMADURA]; EVORA [PORTUGAL]; EXTREMADURA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84908339787     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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