Consistent response of Indian summer monsoon to Middle East dust in observations and simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9897-9915

  Jin, Q ^a   Wei, J ^a   Yang, Z L ^a   Pu, B ^a   Huang, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRANIAN PLATEAU; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84941002474     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-9897-2015     Document Type: Article

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