Climate effects of dust aerosols over east asian arid and semiarid regions

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,398-11,416

  Huang, Jianping ^a   Wang, Tianhe ^a   Wang, Wencai ^a,b   Li, Zhanqing ^c,d   Yan, Hongru ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARID REGION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DUST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEMIARID REGION;

FAR EAST; SAHARA;

EID: 84928991074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021796     Document Type: Review

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