Seasonal and interannual variability in absorbing aerosols over India derived from TOMS: Relationship to regional meteorology and emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1909-1921

  Habib, Gazala ^a   Venkataraman, Chandra ^a   Chiapello, Isabelle ^b   Ramachandran, S ^c   Boucher, Olivier ^b,d   Shekar Reddy, M ^b,e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Emission inventory; Long term trends; Rainfall; Regional circulation; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; DUST; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; RAIN;

EMISSION INVENTORY; LONG-TERM TRENDS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOLS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; DUST EXPOSURE; FOREST; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32944466898     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.077     Document Type: Article

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