Radiative forcing of black carbon over eastern India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

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

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; INDIA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

BLACK CARBON; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS (OPAC);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 35948949045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030377     Document Type: Article

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