Large-scale effect of aerosols on precipitation in the West African Monsoon region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 581-594

  Huang, J ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Prospero, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol effect; Precipitation reduction; Satellite observation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ATLANTIC SEA; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLIMATE FACTORS; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; DESERT DUST; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; GULF OF GUINEA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LARGE-SCALE EFFECTS; MEAN PRECIPITATION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION REDUCTION; RAIN RATES; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER FACTORS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; WET DEPOSITION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; DUST; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SATELLITES; SMOKE; STREAM FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SMOKE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67650227165     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.391     Document Type: Article

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