Sensitivity of the European climate to aerosol forcing as simulated with a regional climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Hohenegger, Cathy ^a   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^a,b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20044365643     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005335     Document Type: Article

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