Aerosol black carbon over Bay of Bengal observed from an island location, Port Blair: Temporal features and long-range transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Moorthy, K Krishna ^a   Babu, S Suresh ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BLACK CARBON; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33847015624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006855     Document Type: Article

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