Seasonal characteristics of black carbon aerosols over a high altitude station in Southwest India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-110

  Raju, M P ^a   Safai, P D ^a   Rao, P S P ^a   Devara, P C S ^a   Budhavant, K B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Black carbon; High altitude location; Meteorological parameters; Seasonal variation; Secondary aerosols

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; HIGH ALTITUDE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY AEROSOLS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOG; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIA;

EID: 79951957723     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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