Atmospheric responses to the redistribution of anthropogenic aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9625-9641

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^a   Su, Hui ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET STREAM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION BUDGET; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944907910     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023665     Document Type: Article

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