Role of sea surface temperature responses in simulation of the climatic effect of mineral dust aerosol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6049-6062

  Yue, X ^a,b,d   Liao, H ^a,b   Wang, H J ^a,b   Li, S L ^b   Tang, J P ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MIXED LAYER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79960009150     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-6049-2011     Document Type: Article

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