Comparison of aerosol and climate variability over Germany and South Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 921-941

  Power, Helen C ^a   Goyal, Apurva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate change; Germany; Humidity; Pollution; South Africa; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; TURBIDITY; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMIDITY; MODELING; RADIATIVE FORCING; TURBIDITY;

GERMANY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038603849     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.918     Document Type: Article

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