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Nature Geoscience 1, 15 - 16 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.62
Subject Category: Atmospheric science
Atmospheric science: Black carbon and brown clouds
John Seinfeld1
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John Seinfeld is at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
e-mail: seinfeld@caltech.edu
Abstract
In aerosol hot spots around the globe, solar radiation is dimmed down on its way to the Earth's surface. The resulting surface cooling turns out to be almost in balance with heating of the atmosphere due to black carbon.
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