A climatology of aerosol optical and microphysical properties over the Indian subcontinent from 9 years (2000-2008) of Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Dey, Sagnik ^a   Di Girolamo, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; DUST; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; RURAL AREAS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL SIZE; AEROSOL SOURCE; ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENTS; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; DUST PARTICLE; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; HIMALAYAS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INDO-GANGETIC BASIN; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE RADII; PRE-MONSOON; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; IMAGING METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955521184     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013395     Document Type: Article

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