Aerosol physical characteristics at Bhubaneswar, East coast of India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 897-901

  Das, Namrata ^a   Baral, S S ^b   Sahoo, S K ^a   Mohapatra, R K ^a   Ramulu, T S ^a   Das, S N ^a   Chaudhury, G Roy ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; AOD; Black carbon; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR COLUMN; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AOD; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COASTAL CITIES; DRY CONDITION; EAST COAST; EXTREME EVENTS; FOREST FIRES; HIGH HUMIDITY; MAXIMUM VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PRE-MONSOON; SIZE RANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; DEFORESTATION; LANDFORMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BLACK CARBON; HUMIDITY; MONSOON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ASIA; BHUBANESWAR; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649205148     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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