Satellite-based estimation of temporally resolved dust radiative forcing in snow cover

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1999-2011

  Miller, Steven D ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Burgess, Ann B ^b   McKenzie Skiles, S ^c   Rogers, Matthew ^a   Painter, Thomas H ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Applications; Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Atmosphere land interaction; Cloud cover; Dust or dust storms; Observational techniques and algorithms; Satellite observations; Snowmelt icemelt

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; DUST; DUST STORM; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 84983738958     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0150.1     Document Type: Article

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