Features in wavelenght dependence of aerosol absorption observed over central India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ganguly, Dilip ^a   Jayaraman, A ^a   Gadhavi, H ^a   Rajesh, T A ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL MASS LOADING; BIOFUEL; COARSE SIZE AEROSOLS; MASS CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

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

EID: 24944523987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023023     Document Type: Article

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