Radiative effects of aerosols at an urban location in southern India: Observations versus model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 5295-5304

  Satheesh, S K ^a   Vinoj, V ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate change; Radiation budget; Radiative fluxes; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE; COLUMN PROPERTIES; COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; INDEPENDENT GROUNDS; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONTHLY SCALE; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SURFACE IRRADIANCE; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN SITE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRADIANCE; MODEL TEST; PERTURBATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOMETER; SEASONALITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 78049235590     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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