Impact of the Southeast Asian summer monsoon strength on the outflow of aerosols from South Asia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-287

  Zhang, L ^a,b   Liao, H ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosols and particles); History of geophysics (Atmospheric sciences); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOES; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTFLOW; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 76649125218     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-277-2010     Document Type: Article

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