Atmospheric aerosol optical properties in the Persian Gulf

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PT 2, 2002, Pages 620-634

  Smirnov, Alexander ^a   Holben, Brent N ^a   Dubovik, Oleg ^a   O'Neill, Norm T ^a   Eck, Thomas F ^a   Westphal, Douglas L ^a   Goroch, Andreas K ^a   Pietras, Christophe ^a   Slutsker, Ilya ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BAHRAIN; COARSE AEROSOLS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; DUST AEROSOLS; GROUND BASED; PERSIAN GULF; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST;

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 85088714839     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0620:aaopit>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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