Climate model simulation of winter warming and summer cooling following the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19039-19055

  Kirchner, Ingo ^a   Stenchikov, Georgiy L ^b   Graf, Hans F ^a   Robock, Alan ^b   Antuña, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WARMING;

MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033609639     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900213     Document Type: Article

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