Strong chemistry-climate feedbacks in the Pliocene

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 527-533

  Unger, Nadine ^a   Yue, Xu ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

biogenic aerosol; black carbon; ozone; paleoaerosol; paleochemistry; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE; VEGETATION;

BIOGENIC AEROSOLS; BLACK CARBON; PALEOAEROSOL; PALEOCHEMISTRY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

AEROSOLS;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOME; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SAVANNA; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84892457197     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058773     Document Type: Article

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