PM2.5 mass concentrations in comparison with aerosol optical depths over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean during winter monsoon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1879-1890

  Ramachandran, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m wavelength exponents; Aerosol mass concentrations; Arabian sea; Frequency distributions; Indian Ocean; Optical depths

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COLUMNAR MEASUREMENTS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN (TIO); WIND PATTERNS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDIAN OCEAN; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14944386115     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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