The impact of humidity above stratiform clouds on indirect aerosol climate forcing

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7020, 2004, Pages 1014-1017

  Ackerman, Andrew S ^a   Kirkpatrick, Michael P ^b   Stevens, David E ^c   Toon, Owen B ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GREENHOUSE GASES; STRATIFORM CLOUDS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERCOOLING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOUD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 11144232674     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03174     Document Type: Article

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