Measurements and modelling of aerosol single-scattering albedo: Progress, problems and prospects

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-263

  Heintzenberg, J ^a   Charlson, R J ^b   Clarke, A D ^c   Liousse, C ^d   Ramaswamy, V ^e   Shine, K P ^f   Wendisch, M ^a   Helas, G ^g  

^a IfT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; HUMIDITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RADIATION BALANCE; SCATTERING;

EID: 0031412827     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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