Temporal variability in emission category influence on organic matter aerosols in the Indian region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cherian, R ^a   Venkataraman, C ^a   Ramachandran, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CROP RESIDUE; EMISSION FLUXES; EMISSION SOURCES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDIAN OCEAN REGIONS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SHIP CRUISE; SOURCE REGION; SPATIAL EXTENT; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOFUELS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BRICKMAKING; COMBUSTION; CROPS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CROP RESIDUE; EMISSION INVENTORY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POWER PLANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL POWER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66949161536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036311     Document Type: Article

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