Influence of coal based thermal power plants on aerosol optical properties in the Indo-Gangetic basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Prasad, Anup K ^a   Singh, Ramesh P ^a,b   Kafatos, Menas ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANT; HAZE; INDO-GANGETIC BASIN; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SMOG; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BASIN; FOG; HAZE; IMAGING METHOD; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SMOG; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646367160     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023801     Document Type: Article

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