The aerosol-cloud-climate conundrum

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 219-241

  Heintzenberg, Jost ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Anthropogenic climate change; Climate change; Cloud; Geoengineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872713718     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2012.049438     Document Type: Article

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