Brightening of the global cloud field by nitric acid and the associated radiative forcing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7625-7633

  Makkonen, R ^a,f   Romakkaniemi, S ^b   Kokkola, H ^c   Stier, P ^d   Raisanen P ^c   Rast, S ^e   Feichter, J ^e   Kulmala, M ^a   Laaksonen, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; NITRIC ACID; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84869034863     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7625-2012     Document Type: Article

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