Last glacial maximum radiative forcing from mineral dust aerosols in an Earth system model

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8186-8205

  Hopcroft, Peter O ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a   Woodward, Stephanie ^b   Joshi, Manoj M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUST; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SALTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84942191747     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023742     Document Type: Article

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