The role of aerosols in the evolution of tropical north atlantic ocean temperature anomalies

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5928, 2009, Pages 778-781

  Evan, Amato T ^a,b   Vimont, Daniel J ^b   Heidinger, Andrew K ^c   Kossin, James P ^c   Bennartz, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 66249104644     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167404     Document Type: Article

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