Spatial heterogeneities in aerosol properties over Bay of Bengal inferred from ship-borne and MODIS observations during ICARB-W cruise campaign: Implications to radiative forcing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-412

  Raghavendra Kumar, K ^a   Narasimhulu, K ^b   Balakrishnaiah, G ^a   Suresh Kumar Reddy, B ^a   Rama Gopal, K ^a   Reddy, R R ^a   Reddy, L S S ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^c   Suresh Babu, S ^c   Dutt, C B S ^d  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government First Grade College   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^d National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m coefficients; Aerosol optical depth; Direct aerosol radiative forcing; Fine mode fraction; ICARB W

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AIR MASS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; CLEAR SKY; DIRECT AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; FINE MODE FRACTION; HYSPLIT MODEL; ICARB-W; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN VALUES; MYANMARS; NCEP REANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA SPRAY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL AREA; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TOTAL MASS;

COASTAL ZONES; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLEAR SKY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HETEROGENEITY; MODIS; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WESTERLY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MEASUREMENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MYANMAR; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASHORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WINTER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 78649742725     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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