Aerosol modelling for regional climate studies: Application to anthropogenic particles and evaluation over a European/African domain

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-72

  Solmon, F ^a   Giorgi, F ^a   Liousse, C ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644818314     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2005.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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