@article{Brindley:2009,
author = {Brindley, H and Russell, J},
journal = {Planet Earth},
pages = {24--25},
title = {Settling dust},
year = {2009}
}

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AB  - Helen Brindley, a NERC advanced fellow at Imperial College, London, uses the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) experiment to routinely examine the Sahara and its environment and simultaneously determine its effect on the Earth's energy balance. The instrument measures the total amount of shortwave energy reflected by the Earth, and the total amount of long-wave energy emitted back into space, every 15 minutes. He uses two channels, one where the satellite instrument effectively sees down to the Earth's surface on a clear, non-dusty day, and the other which sees a little higher in the atmosphere. When dust is present, it partially blocks the surface channel, but it has less effect on the other channel. He also plans a project at the UK Meteorological Office to examine whether dust impacts regional weather forecast quality and to test the forecast model's ability to match the observed energy fluxes.
AU  - Brindley,H
AU  - Russell,J
EP  - 25
PY  - 2009///
SN  - 1479-2605
SP  - 24
TI  - Settling dust
T2  - Planet Earth
ER  - 

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