Rate of non-linearity in DMS aerosol-cloud-climate interactions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 11175-11183

  Thomas, M A ^a,c   Suntharalingam, P ^a   Pozzoli, L ^b,g   Devasthale, A ^c   Kloster, S ^d,e   Rast, S ^e   Feichter, J ^e   Lenton, T M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPLET; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NONLINEARITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80855140424     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11175-2011     Document Type: Article

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