The effect of volcanic eruptions on global precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8770-8786

  Iles, Carley E ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^a   Schurer, Andrew P ^a   Zhang, Xuebin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GLOBAL WARMING; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; MEAN PRECIPITATION; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION DATA; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIMESCALE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84885090715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50678     Document Type: Article

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