Contrasting climate responses to the scattering and absorbing features of anthropogenic aerosol forcings

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5329-5345

  Ocko, Ilissa B ^a,c   Ramaswamy, V ^b   Ming, Yi ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Climate models; Energy transport; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCATTERING;

ABSORBING PARTICLES; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENERGY TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIATIVE PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84904511882     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00401.1     Document Type: Article

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