On the marine atmospheric boundary layer characteristics over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radition Budget (ICARB)

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 281-291

  Alappattu, Denny P ^a   Subrahamanyam, D Bala ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a   Somayaji, K M ^b   Bhat, G S ^c   Venkatesan, R ^b   Dutt, C B S ^a   Bagavath Singh, A ^b   Soni, V K ^d   Tripathi, A S ^e  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

^e INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric science; Data analysis; Experiments

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIATION BUDGET; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 49249139075     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0031-0     Document Type: Article

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