A methodology to estimate source-specific aerosol radiative forcing

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 305-320

  Raman, Ramya Sunder ^a,b   Ramachandran, S ^a   Kedia, Sumita ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Conditional probability function (CPF); Positive matrix factorization (PMF); Potential source contribution function (PSCF); Radiative forcing; Source apportionment of ambient aerosols

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBONATION; COMBUSTION; DUST; FACTORIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY FUNCTION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CARBONIC ACID; NITRATE; POLYMER; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROBABILITY; RADIATIVE FORCING;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; INDIA; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

HARYANA; HISAR; INDIA;

EID: 79952319343     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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