Natural aerosol-climate feedbacks suppressed by anthropogenic aerosol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5316-5319

  Spracklen, D V ^a   Rap, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate feedbacks; natural aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; EARTH'S RADIATIVE BALANCE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84885562447     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057966     Document Type: Article

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