The sensitivity of tropical convective precipitation to the direct radiative forcings of black carbon aerosols emitted from major regions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3705-3711

  Wang, C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosols and particles); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (General circulation; Precipitation)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BLACK CARBON; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EMISSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70749105793     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3705-2009     Document Type: Article

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