A 21st century northward tropical precipitation shift caused by future anthropogenic aerosol reductions

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9087-9102

  Allen, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DROUGHT; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINBAND; TROPICAL REGION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING;

AMAZONIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84945459346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023623     Document Type: Article

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