Aerosol optical properties during INDOEX 1999: Means, variability, and controlling factors

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Quinn, P K ^a,b   Coffman, D J ^a,b   Bates, T S ^a,b   Miller, T L ^a,b   Johnson, J E ^a,b   Welton, E J ^c   Neususs C ^d   Miller, M ^e   Sheridan, P J ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; ALBEDO; BACKSCATTER; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAJECTORY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BAY OF BENGAL; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0011312517     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000037     Document Type: Article

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