Geoengineering: Whiter skies?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Kravitz, Ben ^a   MacMartin, Douglas G ^b   Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BLUE WAVELENGTH; CLEAR SKY; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; DIFFUSE LIGHT; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; GEOENGINEERING; LARGE PARTICLES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SIDE EFFECT; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; THIN CIRRUS; URBAN AREAS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WHITE LIGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRRUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BALANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84861909139     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051652     Document Type: Article

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