Using numerical weather prediction errors to estimate aerosol heating

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 60 B, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-741

  Carmona, Isaac ^a   Kaufman, Y J ^a   Alpert, P ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; ITALY; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54449086368     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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