Aerosol indirect effect during the aberrant Indian Summer Monsoon breaks of 2009

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-163

  Manoj, M G ^a   Devara, P C S ^a   Joseph, Susmitha ^a   Sahai, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effect; Cloud; Drought; Indian summer monsoon; Intraseasonal oscillation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHASIS; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CENTRAL INDIA; CLOUD PROPERTIES; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRY AIR; FIRST BREAKS; ICE CLOUDS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS;

CLOUDS; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DROUGHT STRESS; MOISTURE; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ARTICLE; CLOUD; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

INDIA;

EID: 84863732702     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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