Influence of continental advection on aerosol characteristics over Bay of Bengal (BoB) in winter: Results from W-ICARB cruise experiment

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1423-1438

  Kharol, S K ^a,b   Badarinath, K V S ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^c   Sharma, A R ^a   Gharai, B ^a  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosols and particles)

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER;

BAY OF BENGAL; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 80052080540     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1423-2011     Document Type: Article

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