A GCM study of future climate response to aerosol pollution reductions

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1177-1194

  Kloster, Silvia ^a,b   Dentener, Frank ^a   Feichter, Johann ^c   Raes, Frank ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^d   Roeckner, Erich ^c   Fischer Bruns, Irene ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air pollution; Climate change; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 77952882394     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0573-0     Document Type: Article

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