Seminal role of clouds on solar dimming over the Indian monsoon region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Padma Kumari, B ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; CLOUDY SKIES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIRECT EFFECTS; WINTER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MONSOON;

INDIA;

EID: 77949792513     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042133     Document Type: Article

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