Sulfur, sea salt, and radionuclide aerosols in GISS ModelE

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Koch, Dorothy ^a,b   Schmidt, Gavin A ^a   Field, Christy V ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOISOTOPES; SALINE WATER; SULFUR; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEA SALT; SULFUR EMISSION;

EID: 33646418381     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005550     Document Type: Article

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