Increasing Arabian dust activity and the Indian summer monsoon

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8051-8064

  Solmon, F ^a   Nair, V S ^b   Mallet, M ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUST; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SUMMER;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; INDIA;

EID: 84936808874     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8051-2015     Document Type: Article

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