Estimation of uncertainty of direct radiative forcing of the aerosol for a rural site in central Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 7127-7136

  Feczko T ^a   Marton, A ^b   Molnar A ^b   Szentes, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulfate; Error propagation; Parameter sensitivity; Regional radiative forcing; Total carbon

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ERROR PROPAGATION; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY; REGIONAL RADIATIVE FORCING; TOTAL CARBON;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CLIMATE FORCING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; AUTUMN; CALCULATION; CLIMATE; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTATION; HUNGARY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27544451182     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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