Winter aerosol and trace gas characteristics over a high-altitude station in the Western Ghats, India

Atmosfera

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-328

  Kumar, S ^a   Devara, P C S ^a   Manoj, M G ^a   Safai, P D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Black carbon; Columnar water vapor and ozone; High altitude station; Sun sky radiometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALTITUDE; BLACK CARBON; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOMETER; SOFTWARE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER STATION; WINTER;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 80055084242     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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