Greenhouse warming and solar brightening in and around the Alps

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1530-1537

  Philipona, Rolf ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse warming; Solar brightening

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; GREENHOUSE WARMING; SOLAR BRIGHTENING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL ADVECTION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUN; VAPORS;

GREENHOUSES;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84876312385     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3531     Document Type: Article

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