Inter-annual variability of aerosols and its relationship with regional climate over Indian subcontinent

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1041-1053

  Sanap, S D ^a   Pandithurai, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol loading; Indo Gangetic Plains; Local emission; Reduction in cloudiness; Semi direct effect; Transported dust

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DUST; LANDFORMS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

AEROSOL LOADING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SEMI-DIRECT EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 84928588237     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4037     Document Type: Article

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