Stronger constraints on the anthropogenic indirect aerosol effect

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5595, 2002, Pages 1012-1015

  Lohmann, Ulrike ^a   Lesins, Glen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL EFFECTS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036830661     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075405     Document Type: Article

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