Large‐scale effect of aerosols on precipitation in the West African Monsoon region

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

• Publication date

  2009-04-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/QJ.391
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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