Climate change - The cloud conundrum

被引:13
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作者
Penner, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
Climate change - Clouds - Earth atmosphere - Large scale systems - Problem solving;
D O I
10.1038/432962a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
One of the great uncertainties in projecting global warming is accounting for the effects of small particles in Earth's atmosphere. Progress is nonetheless being made with this fiendishly complex problem.
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页码:962 / 963
页数:2
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