National Aerosol-Climate Interactions Program

An Interagency Program of the Department of Energy (DOE),
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
and the National Science Foundation (NSF)


Reference Library

  • A Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change.
    Panel on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change (John H. Seinfeld, Chair);
    Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate;
    Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resouces; and National Research Council.
    National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 161 pp., 1996.
    Link submitted by S.E. Schwartz.


  • J.E. Penner et al.,"Aerosols, their Direct and Indirect Effects", Chapter 5
    in Climate Change 2001, The Scientific Basis, Working Group I to the
    Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
    Cambridge University Press 2001, pp. 289-348.
    Reference submitted by S.E. Schwartz; Link provided by V. Ramaswamy.


  • V. Ramaswamy et al.,"Radiative Forcing of Climate Change", Chapter 6
    in Climate Change 2001, The Scientific Basis, Working Group I to the
    Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
    Cambridge University Press 2001, pp. 349-416.
    Link provided by V. Ramaswamy.


  • Tropospheric Aerosol Program, Program Plan, March 2001.
    U.S. Department of Energy, Report No. DOE/SC-0034, Washington, D.C., 2001; 98 pp.
    File submitted by S.E. Schwartz.

  • Workshop organized by J.E. Hansen and V. Ramaswamy.
    Monitoring Global Aerosol Forcing of Climate: Evaluating Requirements for
    Satellite Monitoring, Ground-Based Monitoring, In-Situ Measurements and Global Modeling.

    September 13-14, 2000.
    File submitted by J.E. Hansen.


  • Asrar, G., J.A. Kaye, and P. Morel.
    NASA Research Strategy for Earth System Science: Climate Component.
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(7), 1309-1329, July 2001.


  • Global Air Quality: An Imperative for Long-Term Observational Strategies.
    Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry (M.M. Molina, Chair; J.H. Seinfeld, Vice-Chair),
    Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division of Earth and Life Studies,
    National Research Council. National Academy of Sciences,
    National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2001.


  • H. Heintzenberg, R. Raes, and S. Schwartz (Lead Authors) et al.
    Chapter 4: Tropospheric Aerosols Draft, October 17, 2000.
    To be published as Chapter 4 in the IGAC (International Global Atmospheric Chemistry)
    Integration and Synthesis Report, 2001.
    File submitted by S.E. Schwartz.


  • V. Ramanathan, P.J. Crutzen, J.T. Kiehl and D. Rosenfeld.
    Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle.
    Science, December 7, 2001, 294(5549):2119-2124.



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