Aerosol effects on cloud cover as evidenced by ground-based and space-based observations at five rural sites in the United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 793-801

  Ten Hoeve, John E ^a   Augustine, John A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Earth System Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; clouds; indirect effects; MODIS; radiative forcing; SURFRAD

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; CONTAMINATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MODIS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE BASED OBSERVATIONS; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; SURFRAD;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD COVER; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961285615     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066873     Document Type: Article

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