Sulfate aerosols forcing: An estimate using a three-dimensional interactive chemistry scheme

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 7953-7962

  Verma, Sunita ^a   Boucher, O ^b   Upadhyaya, H C ^a   Sharma, O P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud droplet number concentration; Direct forcing; Indirect forcing; Radiative forcing; Sulfate aerosols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER CONCENTRATION; DIRECT FORCING; INDIRECT FORCING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD DROPLET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33751011891     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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