Aerosol characterization during the summer monsoon period over a tropical coastal Indian station, Visakhapatnam

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Madhavan, B L ^a   Niranjan, Kandula ^a   Sreekanth, V ^b   Sarin, M M ^c   Sudheer, A K ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

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

EID: 58249094016     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010272     Document Type: Article

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