Surface radiative forcing by soil dust aerosols and the hydrologic cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Miller, R L ^a,b   Tegen, I ^c   Perlwitz, Jan ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust aerosol; Hydrologic cycle; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; DUST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 2642558802     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004085     Document Type: Article

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