Wintertime aerosol characteristics at a north Indian site Kharagpur in the Indo-Gangetic plains located at the outflow region into Bay of Bengal

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Niranjan, Kandula ^a   Sreekanth, V ^a   Madhavan, B L ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OUTFLOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KHARAGPUR; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34547925200     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007635     Document Type: Article

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