Hygroscopic and optical properties of organic sea salt aerosol and consequences for climate forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Randles, C A ^a   Russell, L M ^b   Ramaswamy, V ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPIC PARTICLES; RADIATIVE COOLING; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE FORCING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SALT; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 7044222530     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020628     Document Type: Article

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