Ocean temperature forcing by aerosols across the Atlantic tropical cyclone development region

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Evan, Amato T ^a,b   Heidinger, Andrew K ^a   Bennartz, Ralf ^b   Bennington, Val ^b   Mahowald, Natalie M ^c   Corrada Bravo, Hector ^d   Velden, Christopher S ^a   Myhre, Gunnar ^e,f   Kossin, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Mineral aerosols; Satellite; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549095043     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001774     Document Type: Article

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