Impacts of ENSO events on cloud radiative effects in preindustrial conditions: Changes in cloud fraction and their dependence on interactive aerosol emissions and concentrations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6321-6335

  Yang, Yang ^a,b   Russell, Lynn M ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Lou, Sijia ^a   Lamjiri, Maryam A ^a   Somerville, Richard C J ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a   DeFlorio, Michael J ^a   Ghan, Steven J ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Singh, Balwinder ^b   Wang, Hailong ^b   Yoon, Jin Ho ^c   Rasch, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84977486742     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024503     Document Type: Article

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