The roles of aerosol, water vapor and cloud in future global dimming/brightening

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Haywood, Jim M ^a,b   Bellouin, Nicolas ^a   Jones, Andy ^a   Boucher, Olivier ^a,c   Wild, Martin ^d   Shine, Keith P ^e  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ALL-SKY; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; CLOUD COVER; DOWN-WELLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FUTURE TRENDS; GLOBAL DIMMING/BRIGHTENING; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; REGIONAL TRENDS; SOLAR SURFACES; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD; CLOUD COVER; DOWNWELLING; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FUTURE PROSPECT; HADLEY CELL; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80055055695     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016000     Document Type: Article

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