Potential aerosol indirect effects on atmospheric circulation and radiative forcing through deep convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Fan, Jiwen ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b   Ding, Yanni ^c   Leung, L Ruby ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL INVIGORATION; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONVECTIVE INTENSITY; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DIABATIC HEATING; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICE NUCLEI; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE WARMING; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVERGENCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 84861140684     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051851     Document Type: Article

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