Smoke Aerosols Impact MODIS Observations of Cloud Properties January 25, 2009 —
Huge plumes of smoke are episodically transported westward over the South Atlantic Ocean during the savannah-burning season in southwestern Africa (southern hemisphere winter). A vertical cross section through one of these events is depicted in . . . [continued]
Dust observations in the thermal IR during the NAMMA Field Campaign using the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) January 11, 2009 —
“The dust falls in such quantities as to dirty everything on board, and to hurt people’s eyes; vessels even have to run on shore owing to the obscurity of the atmosphere”. Noted by Charles Darwin in 1832 when he began his famous voyage aboard the Beagle o . . . [continued]
Regional Versus Global Simulations of Aerosol Effects January 4, 2009 —
Often, regional simulation studies are constrained by the large-scale circulation fields prescribed at the boundaries of the region. Such constraints debar the feedback interactions among the chosen region(s) and the rest of the world. Figure shows the i . . . [continued]
