Observational relationships between aerosol and Asian monsoon rainfall, and circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Lau, K M ^a   Kim, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

MONSOON; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BLACK CARBON; CRITICAL LOAD; DUST; HEATING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGETIC PLAIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248517044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027546     Document Type: Article

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