Positive response of Indian summer rainfall to Middle East dust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4068-4074

  Jin, Qinjian ^a   Wei, Jiangfeng ^a   Yang, Zong Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

dust aerosols; Indian monsoon; rainfall

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DUST; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; DUST AEROSOLS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RAINFALL FORECASTS; THERMAL CONTRASTS;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DUST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84901736109     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059980     Document Type: Article

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