Short period variations of the aerosol mass concentrations over Bay of Bengal: Association with quasi-periodic variations in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer parameters and fluxes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-84

  Beegum, S Naseema ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^a   Subrahamanyam, D Bala ^a   Kiran Kumar, N V P ^a   Babu, S Suresh ^a   Mohan, M ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal aerosols; MABL aerosols; Rossby waves; W_ICARB

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAY OF BENGAL; EAST ASIA; IN-PHASE; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MOMENTUM FLUX; OUT OF PHASE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHASE RELATION; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; QUASI-PERIODIC VARIATIONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORT PERIODS; W_ICARB; WIND SPEED; ZONAL WIND;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SUPERALLOYS;

EID: 84857653605     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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