The impacts of European and Asian anthropogenic sulfur dioxide emissions on Sahel rainfall

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 7000-7017

  Dong, Buwen ^a   Sutton, Rowan T ^a   Highwood, Ellie ^b   Wilcox, Laura ^a  

^a Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFALL; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84907048188     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00769.1     Document Type: Article

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