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Science 29 November 1974:
Vol. 186. no. 4166, pp. 827 - 828
DOI: 10.1126/science.186.4166.827
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Aerosol and Climate: Some Further Considerations

Bryan C. Weare 1, Richard L. Temkin 1, and Fred M. Snell 1

1 Department of Biophysical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo 14226

Approximate numerical radiative calculations show that whether added aerosol causes heating or cooling of the earth-atmosphere system is a function not only of its intrinsic absorption-backscatter characteristics but also of its particular location in the atmosphere with respect to the average cloud as well as of both the cloud reflectivity and the underlying surface reflectivity.

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