Sulfate Aerosol Indirect Effect and CO2 Greenhouse Forcing: Equilibrium Response of the LMD GCM and Associated Cloud Feedbacks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1673-1684

  Treut, Hervé Le ^a   Forichon, Michèle ^a   Boucher, Olivier ^a   Li, Zhao Xin ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0001733727     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1673:saieac>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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