Mechanisms contributing to suppressed precipitation in Mt. Hua of central China. Part I: Mountain valley circulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1351-1366

  Yang, Yan ^a,b   Fan, Jiwen ^b   Leung, L Ruby ^b   Zhao, Chun ^b   Li, Zhanqing ^c,d,e   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COUPLED CHEMISTRY; MOUNTAIN VALLEY CIRCULATIONS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

LANDFORMS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; MOUNT HUA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84962242265     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0233.1     Document Type: Article

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