Aerosol-induced changes of convective cloud anvils produce strong climate warming

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5001-5010

  Koren, I ^a   Remer, L A ^b   Altaratz, O ^a   Martins, J V ^b,c   Davidi, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 77952985164     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5001-2010     Document Type: Article

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