Analysis of optical properties of atmospheric aerosols inferred from spectral AODs and Ångström wavelength exponent

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1275-1285

  Balakrishnaiah, G ^a   Raghavendra kumar, K ^a   Suresh Kumar Reddy, B ^a   Rama Gopal, K ^a   Reddy, R R ^a   Reddy, L S S ^a   Nazeer Ahammed, Y ^b   Narasimhulu, K ^c   Krishna Moorthy, K ^d   Suresh Babu, S ^d  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Government First Grade College   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m exponent; Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; India; Water vapor content

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIA; LEAST SQUARES FIT; MEAN VALUES; MONSOON SEASON; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SECONDARY PEAK; SEMI ARID; STANDARD VALUES; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; WATER VAPOR CONTENT; WAVELENGTH EXPONENT;

ALGEBRA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; MODULATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TURBIDITY;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 79651469721     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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