Dust aerosol radiative effects during summer 2012 simulated with a coupled regional aerosol-atmosphere-ocean model over the Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3303-3326

  Nabat, P ^a   Somot, S ^a   Mallet, M ^b   Michou, M ^a   Sevault, F ^a   Driouech, F ^c   Meloni, D ^d   Di Sarra, A ^d   Di Biagio, C ^e   Formenti, P ^e   Sicard, M ^f   Leon J F ^b   Bouin, M N ^g  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c National Meteorological Research Centre   (Morocco)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g CMM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84925652394     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3303-2015     Document Type: Article

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