Effect of relative humidity and sea level pressure on electrical conductivity of air over Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Pawar, S D ^a   Murugavel, P ^a   Lal, D M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRATES; MOISTURE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; BACKGROUND AEROSOLS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; FREE TROPOSPHERES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH PRESSURES; HUMID CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; HYDRATE GROWTHS; INDIAN OCEAN EXPERIMENTS; INDIAN OCEANS; INVERSE RELATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OCEANIC REGIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; ULTRA-FINE PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 62749181873     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009716     Document Type: Article

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