An evaluation of the potential radiative forcing and climatic impact of marine organic aerosols as heterogeneous ice nuclei

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4121-4126

  Yun, Yuxing ^a,b   Penner, Joyce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climatic impact; global modeling; ice nucleation; marine organic aerosols; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC IMPACT; GLOBAL MODELING; ICE NUCLEATION; ORGANIC AEROSOL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIRDS;

ICE;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; ICE; ICE FLOW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84881288044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50794     Document Type: Article

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