Searching for a regional fingerprint of aerosol radiative forcing in the southeastern US

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2833-2836

  Saxena, V K ^a   Yu, Shaocai ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Radiative forcing; United States

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; CAUSE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; INDIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; REGIONAL COOLING; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032148204     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02106     Document Type: Article

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