Rain-aerosol relationships influenced by wind speed

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2267-2274

  Yang, Yang ^a   Russell, Lynn M ^a   Lou, Sijia ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Singh, Balwinder ^b   Ghan, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; AOD; rain; wind

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; RAIN; SPEED;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; MIDLATITUDE OCEAN; PARTIAL CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION RATES; SEA-SALT EMISSIONS; WET SCAVENGING; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

AEROSOL; CORRELATION; HUMIDITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SALT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84960158274     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067770     Document Type: Article

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