On the marine atmospheric boundary layer characteristics over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)

• Published in: Journal of Earth System Science Vol. 117; no. Suppl 1; pp. 281 - 291
• Main Authors: Alappattu, Denny P., Subrahamanyam, D. Bala, Kunhikrishnan, P. K., Somayaji, K. M., Bhat, G. S., Venkatesan, R., Dutt, C. B. S., Singh, A. Bagavath, Soni, V. K., Tripathi, A. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Springer-Verlag 01-07-2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerosols; Atmospheric aerosols; Atmospheric boundary layer; Boundary layers; Budgets; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Gases; Latitudinal variations; Marine; Marine atmospheric boundary layer; Meteorological observations; Meteorology; Radiation; Radiation budget; Radiation measurement; Space Exploration and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics; Studies; Surface boundary layer; Surface layers; Turbulent fluxes; Bay of Bengal; Arabian Sea; ISW, Arabian Sea; ISW, Bangladesh, Bengal Bay; ISW, Indian Ocean, Bengal Bay; Atmospheric science; data analysis; experiments
• ISSN: 0253-4126; 0973-774X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0031-0

Detailed measurements were carried out in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL) during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB) which covered both Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal during March to May 2006. In this paper, we present the meteorological observations made during this campaign. The latitudinal variation of the surface layer turbulent fluxes is also described in detail.