Estimation of the effect of long-range transport on seasonal variation of aerosols over northeastern India

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1365-1377

  Gogoi, M M ^a   Bhuyan, P K ^b   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVELENGTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; ASSAM; DIBRUGARH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45149121741     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1365-2008     Document Type: Article

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