Atmospheric aerosol properties over the equatorial Indian Ocean and the impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5736-5749

  Langley Dewitt, H ^a,b   Coffman, Derek J ^a   Schulz, Kristen J ^a   Alan Brewer, W ^c   Bates, Timothy S ^a   Quinn, Patricia K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric transport; middle atmosphere; ozone chemistry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTINENTAL AIR MASS; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONSOON; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA SALT; VERTICAL MIXING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84880311513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50419     Document Type: Article

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