Contribution of brown carbon and lensing to the direct radiative effect of carbonaceous aerosols from biomass and biofuel burning emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10285-10296

  Saleh, Rawad ^a   Marks, Marguerite ^a   Heo, Jinhyok ^a   Adams, Peter J ^a   Donahue, Neil M ^a   Robinson, Allen L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BROWN CARBON; EMISSION INVENTORY; MIXING RATIO; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945288151     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023697     Document Type: Article

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