Contribution of sea salt aerosol to the planetary clear-sky albedo

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-79

  Winter, Barbara ^a   Chýlek, Petr ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; SEA SALT;

EID: 0030811730     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v49i1.15951     Document Type: Article

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