The radiative impact of a simple aerosol climatology on the Hadley Centre atmospheric GCM

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 551, 1998, Pages 2517-2526

  Cusack, S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol climatology; General circulation model; Surface radiation balance; Top of the atmosphere radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIGHT SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032460465     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712455117     Document Type: Article

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