Daytime variation of shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from GOES-8 imager

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PT 2, 2002, Pages 681-691

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Zhang, Jianglong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; RADIATION; SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION;

SHORTWAVE FLUXES; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DAYTIME VARIATION; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SMOKE AEROSOLS; STUDY AREAS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; DIURNAL VARIATION; GOES; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85088335461     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0681:dvosdr>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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