Role of interactions between aerosol radiative effect, dynamics, and cloud microphysics on transitions of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2073-2087

  Hazra, Anupam ^a   Goswami, B N ^a   Chen, Jen Ping ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PHYSICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84880436653     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0179.1     Document Type: Article

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