Spatiotemporal gradients in aerosol radiative forcing and heating rate over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea derived on the basis of optical, physical, and chemical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kedia, Sumita ^a   Ramachandran, S ^a   Kumar, Ashwini ^a   Sarin, M M ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DUST; FOG; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEATING; HEATING RATE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEAWATER;

AEROSOL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARABIAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING RATE; BAY OF BENGAL; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CURVATURE EFFECT; ENERGY CONTENT; MINERAL DUST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SEA SALTS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL GRADIENTS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TOTAL MASS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; SEA SALT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77957726189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013136     Document Type: Article

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