Impact of radiatively interactive dust aerosols in the NASA GEOS-5 climate model: Sensitivity to dust particle shape and refractive index

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 753-786

  Colarco, Peter R ^a   Nowottnick, Edward P ^a   Randles, Cynthia A ^a,b   Yi, Bingqi ^c   Yang, Ping ^c   Kim, Kyu Myong ^a,b   Smith, Jamison A ^d   Bardeen, Charles G ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MODELS; NASA; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; DUST OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; NON SPHERICITIES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

DUST;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; DUST; EMISSION; EOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900643235     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020046     Document Type: Article

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