Identification of a new dust-stratocumulus indirect effect over the tropical North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6935-6942

  Doherty, Owen M ^a   Evan, Amato T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; indirect effect; ISSCP; mineral dust; PATMOSx; stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CAMS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MINERALS; TROPICS;

INDIRECT EFFECTS; ISSCP; MINERAL DUST; PATMOSX; STRATOCUMULUS;

DUST;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COOLING; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; STRATOCUMULUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84911072079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060897     Document Type: Article

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