Aerosol Optical Properties in the South Atlantic Ocean

• Main Author: Wilson, Dale
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Aerosols; Aerosols (optical properties); Angstrom exponent; Aerosol optical properties; SANAE IV; South Atlantic; MODIS; Antarctic; SANAE; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10991

MSc., Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011 Atmospheric aerosols have direct and indirect impacts on the earth’s radiation budget and the radiative forcing on the climate system. A large uncertainty exists regarding aerosols and the effect they have on the earth’s radiation budge...