Direct climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols: Quantifying the link between atmospheric sulfate and radiation

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-94

  Charlson, R J ^a   Anderson, T L ^a   Rodhe, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE FORCING; LIGHT SCATTERING; SULFATE;

EID: 0032945981     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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