Interactions between tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in a unified general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Liao, Hong ^a   Adams, Peter J ^a   Chung, Serena H ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a   Mickley, Loretta J ^b   Jacob, Daniel J ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric chemistry; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0346639251     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001260     Document Type: Article

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