Global distribution of aerosol direct radiative forcing in the ultraviolet and visible arising under clear skies

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-71

  Hatzianastassiou, N ^a,b   Katsoulis, B ^a   Vardavas, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 1342310072     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v56i1.16400     Document Type: Article

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