Forcing of anthropogenic aerosols on temperature trends of the sub-thermocline southern Indian Ocean

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cowan, Tim ^a,b   Cai, Wenju ^a   Purich, Ariaan ^a   Rotstayn, Leon ^a   England, Matthew H ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84880925426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02245     Document Type: Article

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