Precipitation changes in a GCM resulting from the indirect effects of anthropogenic aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3045-3048

  Rotstayn, Leon D ^a   Ryan, Brian F ^a   Penner, Joyce E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AEROSOLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MIXED LAYER OCEAN MODELS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; THE STANDARD MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0033625902     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011737     Document Type: Article

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