Trends in the different grades of precipitation over South China during 1960-2010 and the possible link with anthropogenic aerosols

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 480-491

  Fu, Chuanbo ^a,b   Dan, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Hainan Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic aerosols; horizontal visibility; precipitation grades; rainy days; sunshine duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893550160     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-2102-7     Document Type: Article

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