Environmental Science
5 years ago

Aerosol pollution on mountains reduces rainfall, shifts precipitation downstream.

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
How Mountain Geometry Affects Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions: Part I. Shallow Convective Clouds
Jaemyeong Mango Seo, Hyunho Lee, Sungju Moon, Jong‐Jin Baik

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