Flood or drought: How do aerosols affect precipitation?

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5894, 2008, Pages 1309-1313

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^b   Raga, Graciela B ^c   O'Dowd, Colin D ^d   Kulmala, Markku ^e   Fuzzi, Sandro ^f   Reissell, Anni ^e   Andreae, Meinrat O ^g  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; EVAPORATION; HAZE; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOOD TIDE; HEATING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; REVIEW;

EID: 51349103418     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160606     Document Type: Review

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