Long-range transport of dust aerosols over the Arabian Sea and Indian region - A case study using satellite data and ground-based measurements

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-181

  Badarinath, K V S ^a   Kharol, Shailesh Kumar ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b   Sharma, Anu Rani ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^c   Kambezidis, H D ^b  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; AURA OMI; CALIPSO; Dust event; India; KALPANA 1 VHRR; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST STORM; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77954216810     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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