Retrieval of desert dust aerosol vertical profiles from IASI measurements in the TIR atmospheric window
Desert dust aerosols are the most prominent tropospheric aerosols, playing an important role in the earth's climate. However, their radiative forcing is currently not known with sufficient precision to even determine its sign. The sources of uncertainty are multiple, one of them being a poo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-10-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/6/2577/2013/amt-6-2577-2013.pdf |