Large scale modulations of spectral aerosol optical depths by atmospheric planetary waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Beegum, S Naseema ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^a   Babu, S Suresh ^a   Reddy, Ramakrishna ^b   Gopal, K Rama ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC MOTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; BOREAL WINTERS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATIONS; PLANETARY WAVES; REGIONAL CLIMATES; SEASONAL MEANS; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; UPPER AIRS; WIND FIELDS; ZONAL WINDS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PLANETARY SCALE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MODULATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; WIND EFFECTS; AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PERIODICITY; PLANETARY WAVE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 65249188817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036509     Document Type: Article

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