Validation of MODIS derived aerosol optical depth and an investigation on aerosol transport over the South East Arabian Sea during ARMEX-II

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2285-2296

  Aloysius, M ^a   Mohan, M ^a   Suresh Babu, S ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosols and particles); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Synoptic scale meteorology); Radio science (Remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 75149130417     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2285-2009     Document Type: Article

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