Potential climate effect of mineral aerosols over West Africa: Part II—contribution of dust and land cover to future climate change

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2018, Pages 2335-2353

  Ji, Zhenming ^a,b   Wang, Guiling ^b   Yu, Miao ^b   Pal, Jeremy S ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate projection; Land cover; Mineral dust; Regional climate modelling; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; LAND COVER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84938804727     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2792-x     Document Type: Article

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