Have aerosols affected trends in visibility and precipitation in Europe?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Stjern, Camilla W ^a   Stohl, Andreas ^b   Kristjánsson, Jón Egill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EMISSION CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; COASTAL REGIONS; EMISSION REDUCTION; HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLLUTION REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; SULPHATES; SUMMER SEASON; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WESTERN EUROPE; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VISIBILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 79551652677     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014603     Document Type: Article

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