Large methane releases lead to strong aerosol forcing and reduced cloudiness

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6961-6969

  Kurten T ^a,b   Zhou, L ^a   Makkonen, R ^a   Merikanto, J ^a   Raisanen P ^c   Boy, M ^a   Richards, N ^d   Rap, A ^d   Smolander, S ^a   Sogachev, A ^e   Guenther, A ^f   Mann, G W ^d   Carslaw, K ^d   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLATHRATE; CLOUD COVER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; METHANE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 79960525508     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-6961-2011     Document Type: Article

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