ENSO modulation of interannual variability of dust aerosols over the northwest Indian Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1391-1415

  Banerjee, Priyanka ^a   Kumar, S Prasanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NICKEL; SOIL MOISTURE;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC WARM POOL REGIONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURROUNDING REGIONS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DUST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84959521964     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0039.1     Document Type: Article

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