Aerosol optical properties at Santiago Island, Cape Verde.

• Author(s): Cerqueira, Mário ; Pio, Casimiro ; Fialho, Paulo ; Cardoso, João ; Nunes, T. ; Almeida, S. M.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2249
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Aerosol Optical; Cape Verde Islands
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

European Aerosol Conference. Granada, Spain, 2-7 September 2012. > huge amounts of mineral dust are emitted every year from the Sahara desert to the atmosphere; > optical parameters of mineral aerosols determine the direct interaction of solar and terrestrial radiation in the atmosphere through scattering and absorption; > mineral dust has a great impact on cloud formation leading to additional indirect radiation effects; > The dense haze from dust events is also known to affect visibility.