Spatial distributions and seasonal cycles of aerosols in India and China seen in global climate-aerosol model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7975-7990

  Henriksson, S V ^a   Laaksonen, A ^a,b   Kerminen, V M ^a   Raisanen P ^a   Jarvinen H ^a   Sundstrom A M ^c   De Leeuw, G ^a,c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 80051643861     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7975-2011     Document Type: Article

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