Investigation on semi-direct and indirect climate effects of fossil fuel black carbon aerosol over China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 651-672

  Zhuang, Bingliang ^a   Liu, Qian ^b   Wang, Tijian ^a   Yin, Changqin ^a   Li, Shu ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Jiang, Fei ^a   Mao, Huiting ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84887316962     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0862-8     Document Type: Article

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