Micro pulse lidar observation of high altitude aerosol layers at Visakhapatnam located on the east coast of India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Niranjan, Kandula ^a   Madhavan, B L ^a   Sreekanth, V ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MASS FLOW; ANGSTROM SIZE INDEX; COLUMN FINE MODE FRACTION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; LIDAR; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VISAKHAPATNAM;

EID: 34548028242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028199     Document Type: Article

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