Anthropogenic aerosols are a potential cause for migration of the summer monsoon rain belt in China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2016, Pages E2209-E2210

  Yu, Shaocai ^a   Li, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Liqiang ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Wang, Si ^a   Chang, Shucheng ^a   Liu, Weiping ^a   Alapaty, Kiran ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; RAIN; SULFATE; AEROSOL;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LETTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SUMMER; AEROSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 84964355562     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601104113     Document Type: Letter

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