Exploiting simultaneous observational constraints on mass and absorption to estimate the global direct radiative forcing of black carbon and brown carbon

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 10989-11010

  Wang, X ^a   Heald, C L ^a,b   Ridley, D A ^a   Schwarz, J P ^c,d   Spackman, J R ^c,e   Perring, A E ^c,d   Coe, H ^f   Liu, D ^f   Clarke, A D ^g  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 84908464735     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-10989-2014     Document Type: Article

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