The changing character of precipitation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1205-1217+1161

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^a   Rasmussen, Roy M ^a   Parsons, David B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR FLOW;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 0142195969     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-9-1205     Document Type: Review

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