Characterization of air-sea interaction processes over the Bay of Bengal during the winter phase of ICARB field experiment

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-111

  Subrahamanyam, D Bala ^a   Kumar, N V P Kiran ^a   Dutt, C B S ^a   Anurose, T J ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a   Mohan, Mannil ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Bay of Bengal; Bulk aerodynamic algorithm; Diurnal variability; Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; BULK AERODYNAMIC; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN FOR AEROSOLS, GASES AND RADIATION BUDGET (ICARB);

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; LATENT HEAT; SEA LEVEL; SHIPS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND EFFECTS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATABASE; DIURNAL VARIATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 78649503178     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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