Quantifying immediate radiative forcing by black carbon and organic matter with the Specific Forcing Pulse

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1505-1525

  Bond, T C ^a   Zarzycki, C ^a   Flanner, M G ^b   Koch, D M ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; CRYOSPHERE; EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 79951626177     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1505-2011     Document Type: Article

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