Comparing continental and oceanic cloud susceptibilities to aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Lohmann, Ulrike ^a   Lesins, Glen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; CLIMATE MODELS; DROPS; REMOTE SENSING;

OCEANIC CLOUDS; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; STANDARD ERRORS;

CLOUDS; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; CLOUD DROPLET; LAND SURFACE; OCEAN; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0242368920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017828     Document Type: Article

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