Exploring the geoengineering of climate using stratospheric sulfate aerosols: The role of particle size

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rasch, Philip J ^a   Crutzen, Paul J ^b,c   Coleman, Danielle B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY BUDGET; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AEROSOL; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 40849116380     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032179     Document Type: Article

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