Dust aerosol feedback on the Indian summer monsoon: Sensitivity to absorption property

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9642-9652

  Das, Sushant ^a   Dey, Sagnik ^a   Dash, S K ^a   Giuliani, G ^b   Solmon, F ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVERGENCE; COOLING; DUST; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84944937879     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023589     Document Type: Article

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