Mineral dust impacts on regional precipitation and summer circulation in East Asia using a regional coupled climate system model

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10378-10398

  Guo, Jun ^a   Yin, Yan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DUST; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 84945446200     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023096     Document Type: Article

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