Observations of the thermodynamic structure of marine atmospheric boundary layer over Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea during premonsoon period

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1318-1326

  Alappattu, Denny P ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Double mixed layer; Lifting condensation level; Marine atmospheric boundary layer; Trade wind inversion

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE REGIONS; ARABIAN SEA; AVERAGE PROFILES; BAY OF BENGAL; CLOUD LAYERS; FREE CONVECTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; LAPSE RATE; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; LOW LEVEL; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SURFACE LAYERS; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; TRADE WINDS; TRANSITION LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL WIND; WEAK PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; COMMERCE; CONDENSATION; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 77957857359     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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