Thermodynamic structure of the atmospheric boundary layer over the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean during pre-INDOEX and INDOEX-FFP campaigns

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2679-2691

  Ramana, M V ^a   Krishnan, Praveena ^a   Nair, S Muraleedharan ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles, pollution urban arid regional); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (tropical meteorology, general circulation, ocean atmosphere interaction, convective processes); Oceanography physical (air sea interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 6044236777     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2679-2004     Document Type: Article

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