Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28371-28398

  Ramanathan, V ^a   Crutzen, P J ^a,b   Lelieveld, J ^b   Mitra, A P ^c   Althausen, D ^d   Anderson, J ^e   Andreae, M O ^b   Cantrell, W ^f   Cass, G R ^g   Chung, C E ^a   Clarke, A D ^h   Coakley, J A ⁱ   Collins, W D ^j   Conant, W C ^a   Dulac, F ^k   Heintzenberg, J ^d   Heymsfield, A J ^j   Holben, B ^l   Howell, S ^h   Hudson, J ^m   Jayaraman, A ⁿ   Kiehl, J T ^j   Krishnamurti, T N ^o   Lubin, D ^a   McFarquhar, G ^j   Novakov, T ^p   Ogren, J A ^q   Podgorny, I A ^a   Prather, K ^r   Priestley, K ^s   Prospero, J M ^t   Quinn, P K ^u   Rajeev, K ^v   Rasch, P ^j   Rupert, S ^a   Sadourny, R ^w   Satheesh, S K ^a   Shaw, G E ^x   Sheridan, P ^q   Valero, F P J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^m DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^o FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^u NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^v INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^w LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD COVER; HAZE; OPTICAL DEPTH;

(NORTH); ASIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0035689170     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900133     Document Type: Article

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