Seasonal variations in aerosol characteristics over an urban location and a remote site in western India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2120-2128

  Kedia, Sumita ^a   Ramachandran, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m parameters; Aerosol optical depth; Polynomial fit; Urban and remote environment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL SIZE; AEROSOL TYPES; BIMODAL AEROSOL; COARSE MODE; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH ALTITUDE; POLYNOMIAL FIT; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URBAN AND REMOTE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN LOCATIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

POLYNOMIALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ANGSTROM PARAMETER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 79952445955     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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