Quantifying the impacts of an updated global dimethyl sulfide climatology on cloud microphysics and aerosol radiative forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2524-2536

  Mahajan, Anoop S ^a   Fadnavis, Suvarna ^a   Thomas, Manu A ^b   Pozzoli, Luca ^c   Gupta, Smrati ^a   Royer, Sarah Jeanne ^d   Saiz Lopez, Alfonso ^e   Simó, Rafel ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLEANUP; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEAWATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84927692872     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022687     Document Type: Article

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