Change in global aerosol composition since preindustrial times

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5143-5162

  Tsigaridis, K ^a,e   Krol, M ^b,c   Dentener, F J ^d   Balkanski, Y ^e   Lathiere J ^e   Metzger, S ^f   Hauglustaine, D A ^e   Kanakidou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

POA;

EID: 33751091493     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-5143-2006     Document Type: Article

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