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Research article
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19 Jun 2014
Research article |
| 19 Jun 2014
A novel method for estimating shortwave direct radiative effect of above-cloud aerosols using CALIOP and MODIS data
Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, USA
Joint Center Earth Systems & Technology (JCET), UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
K. Meyer
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
S. Platnick
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
L. Oreopoulos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
D. Lee
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
H. Yu
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Measurement‐based estimates of direct radiative effects of absorbing aerosols above clouds N. Feng & S. Christopher https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023252
- Impacts of global open-fire aerosols on direct radiative, cloud and surface-albedo effects simulated with CAM5 Y. Jiang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14805-2016
- New Global View of Above-Cloud Absorbing Aerosol Distribution Based on CALIPSO Measurements W. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202396
- The impact of seasonalities on direct radiative effects and radiative heating rates of absorbing aerosols above clouds I. Chang & S. Christopher https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3012
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