Surface changes in solar irradiance due to aerosols over central Himalayas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Dumka, U C ^a   Satheesh, S K ^b   Pant, P ^a   Hegde, P ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^c  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; IRRADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE FLUX; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; MANORA PEAK; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33845664869     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027814     Document Type: Article

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