A model for the radiative forcing during ACE-Asia derived from CIRPAS Twin Otter and R/V Ronald H. Brown data and comparison with observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Conant, William C ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Carmichael, Gregory R ^b   Tang, Youhua ^b   Uno, Itsushi ^c   Flatau, Piotr J ^d,e   Markowicz, Krzysztof M ^f   Quinn, Patricia K ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE Asia; Black carbon; Direct aerosol forcing; Dust; Internal mixing; Radiative transfer model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; MIXING; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 1342269207     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003260     Document Type: Article

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