Delaying precipitation and lightning by air pollution over the pearl river delta. Part I: Observational analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6472-6488

  Guo, Jianping ^a   Deng, Minjun ^a   Lee, Seoung Soo ^b   Wang, Fu ^c   Li, Zhanqing ^b   Zhai, Panmao ^a   Liu, Huan ^a   Lv, Weitao ^a   Yao, Wen ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84973484558     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023257     Document Type: Article

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