Investigation of aerosol-cloud interactions using a chemical transport model constrained by satellite observations

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-86

  Feng, Yan ^a   Ramanathan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77954419515     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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