Contribution of changes in sea surface temperature and aerosol loading to the decreasing precipitation trend in southern China

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1381-1390

  Cheng, Yanjie ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^a   Zhang, Junhua ^a   Luo, Yunfeng ^b   Liu, Zuoting ^c   Lesins, Glen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA   (China)

^c Guangdong Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); LOW-LEVEL CLOUD COVER (LCC);

SEA LEVEL;

AEROSOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20444469599     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3341.1     Document Type: Article

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