Volcanic forcing for climate modeling: A new microphysics-based data set covering years 1600-present

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 359-375

  Arfeuille, F ^a,b   Weisenstein, D ^c   MacK, H ^a   Rozanov, E ^a,d   Peter, T ^a   Bronnimann S ^b  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84897673083     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-359-2014     Document Type: Article

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