Impacts of aerosols on dynamics of Indian summer monsoon using a regional climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1685-1697

  Das, Sushant ^a   Dey, Sagnik ^a   Dash, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol forcing; Dynamic impact; Indian monsoon region; Zonal and meridional circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933278478     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2284-4     Document Type: Article

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