Observation-based 3-D view of aerosol radiative properties over Indian Continental Tropical Convergence Zone: Implications to regional climate

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 971-989

  Jai Devi, J ^a   Tripathi, S N ^a   Gupta, Tarun ^a   Singh, B N ^a   Gopalakrishnan, V ^b   Dey, Sagnik ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVERGENCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

BAREILLY; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 80054883207     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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