Examination of the aerosol indirect effect under contrasting environments during the ACE-2 experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 535-548

  Guo, H ^a   Penner, J E ^a   Herzog, M ^b   Pawlowska, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD WATER; ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846613208     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-535-2007     Document Type: Article

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