Two opposing effects of absorbing aerosols on global-mean precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Ming, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Persad, Geeta ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; BLACK CARBON; DAMPING EFFECT; ENHANCING EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MOIST CONVECTION; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SURFACE WARMING; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

HEATING;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMPING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 77954665223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042895     Document Type: Article

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