The radiative effect of an aged, internally mixed Arctic aerosol originating from lower-latitude biomass burning

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 677-684

  Engvall, Ann Christine ^a   Ström, Johan ^b   Tunved, Peter ^c   Krejci, Radovan ^c   Schlager, Hans ^d   Minikin, Andreas ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 74049135413     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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