Precipitation and air pollution at mountain and plain stations in northern China: Insights gained from observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4793-4807

  Guo, Jianping ^a,b   Deng, Minjun ^a   Fan, Jiwen ^c   Li, Zhanqing ^b,d   Chen, Qian ^e   Zhai, Panmao ^a   Dai, Zhijian ^f   Li, Xiaowen ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f Meteorological Institute of Jiangxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; VISIBILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; OCCURRENCE FREQUENCY; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; SUPPRESSION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORECASTING METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATIFORM CLOUD; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84900525812     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021161     Document Type: Article

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