Anthropogenic impact on Earth's hydrological cycle

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 807-810

  Wu, Peili ^a   Christidis, Nikolaos ^a   Stott, Peter ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84883397689     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1932     Document Type: Article

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