Ocean mediation of tropospheric response to reflecting and absorbing aerosols

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5827-5833

  Xu, Y ^a   Xie, S P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84934878832     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5827-2015     Document Type: Article

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