Observations of elemental carbon and absorption during ACE-Asia and implications for aerosol radiative properties and climate forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Chuang, P Y ^a   Duvall, R M ^b   Bae, M S ^b   Jefferson, A ^c   Schauer, J J ^b   Yang, H ^d   Yu, J Z ^d   Kim, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absorption; Dust; Elemental carbon

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1342290958     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003254     Document Type: Article

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