Spatial and vertical heterogeneities in aerosol properties over oceanic regions around india: Implications for radiative forcing

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 645, 2009, Pages 2131-2145

  Moorthy, K Krishna ^a   Nair, Vijayakumar S ^a   Babu, S Suresh ^a   Satheesh, S K ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol heating rate; Arabian sea and bay of bengal aerosols received 10 june; Elevated aerosol layers; Icarb

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LAYERS; ARABIAN SEA; ARABIAN SEA AND BAY OF BENGAL AEROSOLS RECEIVED 10 JUNE; BAY OF BENGAL;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; EARTH (PLANET); HEATING; HEATING RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 74849139258     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.525     Document Type: Article

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