Wintertime regional aerosol distribution and the influence of continental transport over Indian Ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-165

  Nair, Sandhya K ^a   Rajeev, K ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; ElNino; Indian Ocean experiment; Optical depth; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EL NINO; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037251247     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00215-8     Document Type: Article

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