Simulation of Mt. Pinatubo volcanic aerosol with the Hamburg climate model ECHAM4

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 85-108

  Timmreck, C ^a   Graf, H F ^a   Feichter, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0032856912     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050076     Document Type: Article

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