Aerosol and cloud feedbacks on surface energy balance over selected regions of the Indian subcontinent

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Urankar, Gayatri ^a   Prabha, T V ^a   Pandithurai, G ^a   Pallavi, P ^a   Achuthavarier, D ^b   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BOWEN RATIO; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD FRACTION; DATA SETS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LONG-TERM TREND; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MONSOON SEASON; NORTHEAST MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATIVE FLUXES; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE ENERGY;

INDIA;

EID: 84858057927     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016363     Document Type: Article

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