The roles of aerosol direct and indirect effects in past and future climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4521-4532

  Levy II, Hiram ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^a   Schwarzkopf, M Daniel ^a   Ming, Yi ^a   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^a   Naik, Vaishali ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; climate; climate change; climate model; indirect effect

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EMISSION CONTROL; LOADING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CLIMATE; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; INDIRECT EFFECTS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84879936647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50192     Document Type: Article

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