Unveiling aerosol-cloud interactions - Part 1: Cloud contamination in satellite products enhances the aerosol indirect forcing estimate

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 13151-13164

  Christensen, W Matthew ^a,b   Neubauer, David ^c   Poulsen, A Caroline ^a   Thomas, E Gareth ^a   McGarragh, R Gregory ^b   Povey, C Adam ^b   Proud, R Simon ^b   Grainger, G Roy ^b  

^a STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85033218029     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-13151-2017     Document Type: Article

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