Why Is the Climate Forcing of Sulfate Aerosols so Uncertain?

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1102-1120

  Hu, Rongming ^a,b,c   Planton, Serge ^a   Déque, Michel ^a   Marquet, Pascal ^a   Braun, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Radiative forcing; Sulfate aerosols; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348238206     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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