Fingerprinting the impacts of aerosols on long-term trends of the Indian summer monsoon regional rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Lau, William K M ^a   Kim, Kyu Myong ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RAIN;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURRENT THEORIES; HIMALAYAS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; LONG-TERM TREND; MONSOON SEASON; REANALYSIS; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; GLOBAL WARMING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77956082625     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043255     Document Type: Article

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