Tropospheric aerosol optical thickness from the GOCART model and comparisons with satellite and sun photometer measurements

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PT 1, 2002, Pages 461-483

  Chin, Mian ^a   Ginoux, Paul ^a   Kinne, Stefan ^a   Torres, Omar ^a   Holben, Brent N ^a   Duncan, Bryan N ^a   Martin, Randall V ^a   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Higurashi, Akiko ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OZONE; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

BIOMASS BURNING; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL RADIATION; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; OZONE CHEMISTRY; RADIATION MODELS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TRANSPORT MODELLING; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

TROPOSPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AVHRR; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; TOMS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 85087536764     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0461:taotft>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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