Tropical rainfall trends and the indirect aerosol effect

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2103-2116

  Rotstayn, Leon D ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; DRYING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

RAIN;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SULFATE;

EID: 0036693782     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2103:TRTATI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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