An investigation of the role of sedimentation for stratospheric solar radiation management

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7905-7921

  Benduhn, F ^a,b   Lawrence, M G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric modeling; Geoengineering; Numerical diffusion; Sedimentation; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOENGINEERING; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; MONODISPERSE AEROSOLS; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SEDIMENTATION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIFFUSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIMITING FACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84882762423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50622     Document Type: Article

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