Modeling study of the effect of anthropogenic aerosols on late spring drought in South China

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 701-715

  Hu, Ning ^a,b,c   Liu, Xiaohong ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; climate change; Community Earth System Model; precipitation; South China

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 84891892941     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-013-0506-z     Document Type: Article

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