Aerosol indirect effects ĝ€" general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8697-8717

  Quaas, J ^a   Ming, Y ^b   Menon, S ^c,d   Takemura, T ^e   Wang, M ^f,m   Penner, J E ^f   Gettelman, A ^g   Lohmann, U ^h   Bellouin, N ⁱ   Boucher, O ⁱ   Sayer, A M ^j   Thomas, G E ^j   McComiskey, A ^k   Feingold, G ^k   Hoose, C ^l   Kristjnsson J E ^l   Liu, X ^m   Balkanski, Y ⁿ   Donner, L J ^b   Ginoux, P A ^b   Stier, P ^j   Grandey, B ^j   Feichter, J ^a   Sednev, I ^c   Bauer, S E ^d   Koch, D ^d   Grainger, R G ^j   Kirkevaring, A ^o   Iversen, T ^l,o   Seland, O ^o   Easter, R ^m   Ghan, S J ^m   Rasch, P J ^m   Morrison, H ^g   Lamarque, J F ^g   Iacono, M J ^p   Kinne, S ^a   Schulz, M ⁿ   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^m PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^o NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^p ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 70450257537     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8697-2009     Document Type: Article

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