Trends in aerosol optical depth in the Russian Arctic and their links with synoptic climatology

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 341, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 133-148

  Shahgedanova, Maria ^a   Lamakin, Mikhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Air pollution; Arctic; Climatic variability; Synoptic climatology; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); AIR FLOW; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OPTICAL DEPTH;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EUROPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DEPTH; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TURBIDITY; USSR;

EID: 17044412125     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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