Aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing over mega-city Karachi

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 773-782

  Alam, Khan ^a   Trautmann, Thomas ^b   Blaschke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol; Alpha; AOD; Karachi; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AERONET; ALPHA; AOD; KARACHI; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; AUTUMN; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYGROSCOPICITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 79960141885     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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