Impact of interannual variations in sources of insoluble aerosol species on orographic precipitation over California's central Sierra Nevada

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6535-6548

  Creamean, J M ^a,b,e   Ault, A P ^b,f   White, A B ^a   Neiman, P J ^a   Ralph, F M ^c   Minnis, P ^d   Prather, K A ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934908847     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6535-2015     Document Type: Article

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