Analysis of South Asian Monsoons within the Context of Increasing Regional Black Carbon Aerosols

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Mahmood, Rashed ^a   Shuanglin, Li ^a   Jin Feng, Yao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

BC aerosols; convection; monsoon; South Asia; temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MONSOON; WIND VELOCITY;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84873140062     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2010.11446869     Document Type: Article

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