Seasonal variability in mixed layer height and its impact on trace gas distribution over a tropical urban site: Ahmedabad

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Srivastava, Shuchita ^a   Lal, S ^a   Subrahamanyam, D Bala ^b   Gupta, S ^a   Venkataramani, S ^a   Rajesh, T A ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Mixed layer height; Seasonal variation; Specific humidity; Trace gases; Virtual potential temperature

Indexed keywords

MIXED LAYER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TRACE-GASES;

OZONE;

MOISTURE;

ALTITUDE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MIXED LAYER; OZONE; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AHMEDABAD; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 77649235831     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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