Aerosol indirect effect on tropospheric ozone via lightning

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Tianle ^a,b   Remer, Lorraine A ^a   Bian, Huisheng ^a,b   Ziemke, Jerald R ^b,c   Albrecht, Rachel ^d   Pickering, Kenneth E ^b   Oreopoulos, Lazaros ^b   Goodman, Steven J ^b   Yu, Hongbin ^b,e   Allen, Dale J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; OZONE; AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; BACKGROUND EMISSIONS; CLIMATE FORCINGS; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING FLASH RATE; PARAMETERIZED; PER UNIT; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRODUCTION INCREASE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERIC O; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; CLIMATE;

TROPOSPHERE; OZONE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIGHTNING; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; CONVECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 84867201595     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017723     Document Type: Article

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