Diurnally averaged direct aerosol-induced radiative forcing from cloud-free sky field measurements performed during seven regional experiments

Light Scattering Reviews 9: Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 297-425

  Tomasi, Claudio ^a   Lanconelli, Christian ^a   Lupi, Angelo ^a   Mazzola, Mauro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DEFORESTATION;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; BIOMASS BURNING SMOKES; EMISSION PROCESS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; NATURAL EMISSIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SALT PARTICLES;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 84943786941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37985-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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