Features of upper troposphere and lower stratosphere aerosols observed by lidar over Gadanki, a tropical Indian station

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Kulkarni, Padmavati ^a   Ramachandran, S ^b   Kumar, Y Bhayani ^a   Rao, D Narayana ^a   Krishnaiah, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; GAS EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; SCATTERING; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SCATTERING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 56349090598     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009411     Document Type: Article

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