Arctic climate response to forcing from light-absorbing particles in snow and sea ice in CESM

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 7903-7920

  Goldenson, N ^a   Doherty, S J ^b   Bitz, C M ^a   Holland, M M ^c   Light, B ^a   Conley, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPOSITION; DUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SNOW;

EID: 84869073634     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7903-2012     Document Type: Article

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