A study of the aerosol effect on a cloud field with simultaneous use of GCM modeling and satellite observation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-194

  Suzuki, Kentaroh ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a   Numaguti, Atusi ^b   Takemura, Toshihiko ^c   Kawamoto, Kazuaki ^d   Higurashi, Akiko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR);

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AVHRR; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 1342266136     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0179:ASOTAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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