Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

Nature

Volumn 503, Issue 7474, 2013, Pages 67-71

  Carslaw, K S ^a   Lee, L A ^a   Reddington, C L ^a   Pringle, K J ^a   Rap, A ^a   Forster, P M ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Spracklen, D V ^a   Woodhouse, M T ^a,c   Regayre, L A ^a   Pierce, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MARINE DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLCANIC SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC GAS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SULFIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCERTAINTY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84887332636     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12674     Document Type: Article

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