Aerosols over Delhi during pre-monsoon months: Characteristics and effects on surface radiation forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Singh, Sachchidanand ^a   Nath, Shambhu ^a   Kohli, Ramesh ^a   Singh, Risal ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); MONSOON; RADIATIVE FORCING EFFICIENCY; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 24944556439     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023062     Document Type: Article

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