Aerosol effects on clouds and climate

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 129-137

  Lohmann, U ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate; Clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; ICE;

CLOUD CHARACTERISTICS; ICE NUCLEI; TRANSIENT CLIMATE SIMULATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33847297672     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9051-8     Document Type: Article

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