Reassessment of satellite-based estimate of aerosol climate forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10,394-10,409

  Ma, Xiaoyan ^a   Yu, Fangqun ^a   Quaas, Johannes ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 85018215088     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021670     Document Type: Article

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