Suppression of precipitation by dust particles originated in the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-574

  Han, Yongxiang ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Zhao, Tianliang ^c   Bai, Huzhi ^b   Kang, Shichang ^a   Song, Lianchun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CALIPSO; Dust aerosol; Precipitation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; DUST AEROSOL; DUST PARTICLES; DUST SOURCES; DUST STORMS; GROUND LEVELS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUMS; PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE DATUMS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; DUST; DUST STORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 58149097695     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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