Radiative forcing estimates of sulfate aerosol in coupled climate-chemistry models with emphasis on the role of the temporal variability

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5583-5602

  Deandreis C ^a   Balkanski, Y ^a   Dufresne, J L ^b   Cozic, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84863195593     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5583-2012     Document Type: Article

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