Distinct effects of anthropogenic aerosols on the East Asian summermonsoon between multidecadal strong and weakmonsoon stages

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 7026-7040

  Xie, Xiaoning ^a   Wang, Hongli ^b   Liu, Xiaodong ^a,c   Li, Jiandong ^d   Wang, Zhaosheng ^a   Liu, Yangang ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Department of Computer Science   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

CHINA;

EID: 84978245430     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024228     Document Type: Article

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