Fast and slow responses of the South Asian monsoon system to anthropogenic aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 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

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ASIAN MONSOON; DIRECT IMPACT; FAST RESPONSE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HADLEY CELLS; LAND AREAS; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH ASIA; TOTAL RESPONSE; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HADLEY CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ZONAL WIND;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84867063319     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053043     Document Type: Article

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