Dispersion bias, dispersion effect, and the aerosol-cloud conundrum

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Yangang ^a   Daum, Peter H ^a   Guo, Huan ^a   Peng, Yiran ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effects; Aerosols; Clouds; Dispersion bias; Dispersion effect

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; DISPERSIONS; DROPS; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DISPERSION EFFECT; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE DISPERSION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 67651127549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045021     Document Type: Article

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