Aerosol black carbon radiative forcing at an industrial city in northern India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tripathi, S N ^a   Dey, Sagnik ^a   Tare, V ^a   Satheesh, S K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON BLACK; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; KANPUR, INDIA; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22944435210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022515     Document Type: Article

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