Radiative forcing of climate by sulfate aerosols as determined by a regional circulation chemistry transport model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2757-2768

  Langmann, Bärbel ^a   Herzog, Michael ^a   Graf, Hans F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delta Eddington approximation; Radiation model; Regional modelling; Shortwave radiative forcing; Sulfate aerosols

Indexed keywords

RADIATION MODEL; REGIONAL MODELLING; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

SULFATE;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; RADIATION; SULFATE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; CLOUD; EUROPE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032537884     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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