Advances in studying interactions between aerosols and monsoon in China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Wu, GuoXiong ^a   Li, ZhanQing ^b   Fu, CongBin ^c   Zhang, XiaoYe ^d   Zhang, RenYi ^e   Zhang, RenHe ^d   Zhou, TianJun ^a,b   Li, JianPing ^b,e   Li, JianDong ^a   Zhou, DeGang ^a   Wu, Liang ^a   Zhou, LianTong ^a   He, Bian ^a   Huang, RongHui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; fog haze; interaction; monsoon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; INTERACTION; MONSOON; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOG; HAZE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84953361504     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-015-5198-z     Document Type: Review

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