Modeling of aerosol properties related to direct climate forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D14, 1998, Pages 17009-17032

  Koloutsou Vakakis, Sotiria ^a   Rood, Mark J ^a   Nenes, Athanasios ^b   Pilinis, Christodoulos ^c  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING;

EID: 0032572627     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00068     Document Type: Article

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