Influence of increased greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols concentration upon diurnal temperature range over Africa at the end of the 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Caminade, C ^a,b   Terray, L ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE; SULPHATE AEROSOLS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SULFATE;

AFRICA;

EID: 33845664829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026381     Document Type: Article

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