Desert dust suppressing precipitation: A possible desertification feedback loop

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 5975-5980

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Rudich, Yinon ^a   Lahav, Ronen ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD; DESERT; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035932995     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.101122798     Document Type: Article

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