A limited-area-model case study of the effects of sub-grid scale variations in relative humidity and cloud upon the direct radiative forcing of sulfate aerosol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Haywood, J M ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b   Donner, L J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCULATIONS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIMITED AREA NON HYDROSTATIC MODEL; SUB GRID SCALE VARIATIONS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CLOUD; LIMITED AREA MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULPHATE AEROSOL;

EID: 0030670759     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03812     Document Type: Article

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