Aerosol optical properties retrieved using Skyradiometer at Hanle in western Himalayas

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Verma, Neeharika ^a   Bagare, S P ^a   Ningombam, Shantikumar Singh ^a   Singh, Rajendra B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Refractive indices; Single scattering albedo; Volume size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AVERAGE VALUES; BIMODAL BEHAVIOR; HIMALAYAS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR TELESCOPE; SPECTRAL CHANNELS; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 72149089582     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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