Micro pulse lidar observations of mineral dust layer in the lower troposphere over the southwest coast of Peninsular India during the Asian summer monsoon season

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1251-1259

  Mishra, Manoj Kumar ^a   Rajeev, K ^a   Thampi, Bijoy V ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a   Nair, Anish Kumar M ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; Asian summer monsoon; Indian region; Lidar; Mineral dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; INDIAN REGION; LIDAR; MINERAL DUST;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; DUST; MINERALS; OPTICAL RADAR; SILICATE MINERALS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77957792620     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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