Global simulation of the mineral aerosol distribution and its effect on the radiation balance

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Schulz, M ^a   Balkanski, Y ^b   Claquin, T ^b   Guelle, W ^b   Dulac, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D atmospheric tracer transport model; Aerosol optical properties; Aerosol size distribution; Mineral dust; Radiative forcing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039379894     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)85344-X     Document Type: Article

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