Solar geoengineering using solid aerosol in the stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11835-11859

  Weisenstein, D K ^a   Keith, D W ^a,b   Dykema, J A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIAMOND; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE;

EID: 84939605222     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-11835-2015     Document Type: Article

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