High sensitivity of Indian summer monsoon to Middle East dust absorptive properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jin, Qinjian ^a,b   Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Wei, Jiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84982683734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30690     Document Type: Article

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