The role of aerosol absorption in driving clear-sky solar dimming over East Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10,410-10,424

  Persad, Geeta G ^a   Ming, Yi ^b   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85018214792     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021577     Document Type: Article

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