Examining mineral dust transport over the Indian subcontinent using the regional climate model, RegCM4.1

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-76

  Das, Sushant ^a   Dey, Sagnik ^a   Dash, S K ^a   Basil, George ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Climate model; Dust; India; Radiative forcing; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; INDIA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE TIME DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84882971556     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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