The present-day decadal solar cycle modulation of Earth's radiative forcing via charged H2SO4/H2O aerosol nucleation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kazil, J ^a,b   Zhang, K ^c,d   Stier, P ^e   Feichter, J ^c   Lohmann, U ^f   O'Brien, K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; MODULATION; NUCLEATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; SOLAR CYCLE MODULATION; SOLAR CYCLE SIGNAL; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLIMATE MODELING; COSMIC RAY; DECADAL VARIATION; IONIZATION; IRRADIANCE; NUCLEATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR CYCLE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

EID: 84856196326     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050058     Document Type: Article

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