Diurnal and seasonal variation of spectral properties of Aerosols over Dehradun, India

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-49

  Rana, Sapna ^a   Kant, Yogesh ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; ngstr m turbidity parameters; Effective radius; Multi wavelength solar radiometer; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTI WAVELENGTH SOLAR RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; DEHRADUN VALLEY; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 67449110392     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2008.06.0019     Document Type: Article

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