Absorbing aerosol variability over the Indian subcontinent and its increasing dependence on ENSO

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-19

  Abish, B ^a   Mohanakumar, K ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol index; Oceanic Ni o index; Zonal circulation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL INDEX; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOADING; SUBSIDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84875603801     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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