Does air pollution really suppress precipitation in Israel?

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 933-943

  Alpert, Pinhas ^a   Halfon, N ^b   Levin, Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BEACHES;

OROGRAPHIC RAINFALLS; RAINFALL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL HEAT; URBAN EFFECT; URBAN ENHANCEMENT;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAT ISLAND; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GALILEE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 57649210185     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1803.1     Document Type: Article

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