Current uncertainties in assessing aerosol effects on climate

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 29, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-30

  Menon, Surabi ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud climate interactions; Carbonaceous aerosols; Climate change; Climate predictions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL-CLOUD-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; CLIMATE PREDICTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 10444281752     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.29.063003.132549     Document Type: Review

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