Climate response due to carbonaceous aerosols and aerosol-induced SST effects in NCAR community atmospheric model CAM3.5

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7489-7510

  Hsieh, W C ^a   Collins, W D ^a,b   Liu, Y ^a   Chiang, J C H ^a   Shie, C L ^c   Caldeira, K ^d   Cao, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84881426748     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7489-2013     Document Type: Article

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