GCM simulations of the aerosol indirect effect: Sensitivity to cloud parameterization and aerosol Burden

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PT 2, 2002, Pages 692-713

  Menon, Surabi ^a   Del Genio, Anthony D ^a   Koch, Dorothy ^a   Tselioudis, George ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DROPS; PARTICLE SIZE;

CLOUD DROPLETS; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL TYPES; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; CHEMISTRY MODELS; CLOUD PARAMETERIZATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SULPHUR CHEMISTRY;

CLOUDS; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 85086351635     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0692:gsotai>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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