Impacts of aerosols on seasonal precipitation and snowpack in California based on convection-permitting WRF-Chem simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 5529-5547

  Wu, Longtao ^a   Gu, Yu ^b   Jiang, Jonathan H ^a   Su, Hui ^a   Yu, Nanpeng ^c   Zhao, Chun ^d   Qian, Yun ^e   Zhao, Bin ^b   Liou, Kuo Nan ^b   Choi, Yong Sang ^a,f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

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EID: 85045931609     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-5529-2018     Document Type: Article

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