Climate response of the South Asian monsoon system to anthropogenic aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Ganguly, Dilip ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a   Yoon, Jin Ho ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION;

AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL SOURCE; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ASIAN MONSOON; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; FOREST FIRES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; NONLOCAL; OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER MONSOON PRECIPITATION; TOTAL EFFECT; TOTAL RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

INDIA; NEPAL;

EID: 84864057459     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017508     Document Type: Article

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