Smoke aerosol transport patterns over the Maritime Continent

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 469-485

  Xian, Peng ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^a   Atwood, Samuel A ^a,b   Johnson, Randall S ^c   Hyer, Edward J ^a   Westphal, Douglas L ^a   Sessions, Walter ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; El Ni o; Maritime Continent; MJO; Smoke; Smoke transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; MARITIME CONTINENT; MJO; MULTISCALES; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PHILIPPINES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SMOKE TRANSPORT; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUMATRA; TRANSITIONAL PERIOD; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN PACIFIC; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOLS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

SMOKE;

AEROSOL; EL NINO; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SMOKE; WET DEPOSITION;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84873261315     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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