Influence of aerosol hygroscopic growth parameterization on aerosol optical depth and direct radiative forcing over East Asia

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 140-141, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-27

  Li, Jiawei ^a   Han, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Renjian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol direct radiative forcing; Aerosol hygroscopic growth; Aerosol optical depth; Online coupled regional model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; REGIONAL MODEL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; HYGROSCOPICITY; MODEL TEST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84893503838     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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