The effects of heating by transported dust layers on cloud and precipitation: A numerical study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3497-3505

  Yin, Y ^a   Chen, L ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVER; DUST; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 34547351648     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3497-2007     Document Type: Article

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