Investigation of the "elevated heat pump" hypothesis of the Asian monsoon using satellite observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8749-8761

  Wonsick, M M ^a   Pinker, R T ^a   Ma, Y ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEATING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

AFGHANISTAN; ARABIAN PENINSULA; CHINA; INDIA; PAKISTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84906658441     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-8749-2014     Document Type: Article

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