Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Ramanathan, V ^a   Carmichael, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 44349192869     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo156     Document Type: Review

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