Direct radiative effect modeled for regional aerosols in central Europe including the effect of relative humidity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Iorga, G ^a,b   Hitzenberger, Regina ^c   Kasper Giebl, A ^a   Puxbaum, Hans ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAZ; LINZ; STYRIA; UPPER AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

EID: 34547919929     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006828     Document Type: Article

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