Scale interactions near the foothills of Himalayas during CAIPEEX

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Prabha, Thara V ^a   Karipot, Anandakumar ^b   Axisa, D ^c   Kumari, B Padma ^a   Maheskumar, R S ^a   Konwar, M ^a   Kulkarni, J R ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLIGHT PATHS; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DIMENSIONAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMICAL INTERACTIONS; FLIGHT DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIMALAYAS; ISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; LARGE EDDY; LOW FREQUENCY; MESOSCALE; MODEL INFERENCE; MODEL SIMULATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PRECIPITATION ENHANCEMENT; SCALE INTERACTIONS; SHEARED FLOW; SMALL SCALE; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY SPECTRUM; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WAVE GENERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; EDDY; ISOTROPY; JET STREAM; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSIDENCE; TURBULENCE; WESTERLY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84861688888     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016754     Document Type: Article

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