Impact of aerosols on regional climate in southern and northern China during strong/weak east asian summer monsoon years

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4069-4081

  Li, Shu ^a   Wang, Tijian ^a   Solmon, Fabien ^b   Zhuang, Bingliang ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Han, Yong ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84970005626     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023892     Document Type: Article

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