Parametric uncertainty effects on aerosol radiative forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Haerter, J O ^a   Roeckner, E ^a   Tomassini, L ^a   Von Storch, J S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL SOURCE; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD PARAMETERS; DEFAULT VALUES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; SULFATE AEROSOLS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PERTURBATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 70350017983     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039050     Document Type: Article

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