Potentiality of aerosols in changing the precipitation field in Asia

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-100

  Mukai, Makiko ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 70450137643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-025     Document Type: Article

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