Spatial heterogeneities in aerosol size distribution over Bay of Bengal during Winter-ICARB Experiment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4695-4706

  Sinha, P R ^a   Manchanda, R K ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b   Sreenivasan, S ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^c   Suresh Babu, S ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Vikaram Sarabhai Space Center   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol concentration; Bay of Bengal; MABL; Size distribution; W ICARB

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BAY OF BENGAL; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; INDIAN OCEAN; MABL; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OCEANIC AREA; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARAMETERIZED; POWER-LAW; RADIATION BUDGET; SOURCE STRENGTH; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBMICRON SIZE; W-ICARB;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUA (SATELLITE); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPEN OCEAN; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BUDGET; SEA SURFACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TERRA (SATELLITE); WINTER;

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BAY OF BENGAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS; INDIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; WINTE INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN ON AEROSOLS, GASES AND RADIATION BUDGET; WINTER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 79960569716     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.085     Document Type: Article

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