Sensitivity of aerosol optical thickness and aerosol direct radiative effect to relative humidity

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2375-2386

  Bian, H ^a   Chin, M ^a   Rodriguez, J M ^a   Yu, H ^a   Penner, J E ^b   Strahan, S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 67650441245     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2375-2009     Document Type: Article

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