Processes limiting the emergence of detectable aerosol indirect effects on tropical warm clouds in global aerosol-climate model and satellite data

Karsten Peters; Johannes Quaas; Philip Stier; Hartmut Graßl

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.24054

Processes limiting the emergence of detectable aerosol indirect effects on tropical warm clouds in global aerosol-climate model and satellite data

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Karsten Peters, Johannes Quaas, Philip Stier and Hartmut Graßl

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.24054 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Feb 11, 2014

Accepted on: Apr 10, 2014

Published on: Jan 1, 2014

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Keywords:

aerosol indirect effects,

climate modeling,

aerosol microphysics,

parameterization,

cloud parameterization,

remote sensing,

geoengineering

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