Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Rahul, P R C ^a   Salvekar, P S ^a   Devara, P C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; DROUGHT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ARABIAN SEAS; INDIAN MONSOONS; LONG WAVES; NCEP/NCAR; RAINFALL ANOMALIES; RE-ANALYSIS; SPECTRO RADIOMETERS; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; DROUGHT; MODIS; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

EID: 60149111727     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035573     Document Type: Article

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