Impacts of absorbing aerosols on South Asian rainfall: A modeling study

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-118

  Pathirana, A ^a   Herath, S ^b   Yamada, T ^c   Swain, D ^b  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; FRACTIONAL REDUCTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 35148866738     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9184-5     Document Type: Article

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