Characterization of aerosol black carbon over a tropical semi-arid region of Anantapur, India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-27

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

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government First Grade College   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aethalometer; Black carbon aerosol; Fine particle mass concentration; Mass fraction

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AETHALOMETER; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; FINE PARTICLE MASS CONCENTRATION; MASS FRACTION;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 79951944917     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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