A study of anthropogenic impacts of the radiation budget and the cloud field in East Asia based on model simulations with GCM

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Mukai, Makiko ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a   Takemura, Toshihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 50049110527     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009325     Document Type: Article

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