Climatological aspects of seasonal variation of aerosol vertical distribution over central Indo-Gangetic belt (IGB) inferred by the space-borne lidar CALIOP

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 365-375

  Mishra, Amit Kumar ^a   Shibata, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol backscatter; Aerosol vertical distribution; Capping inversion; Color ratio (CR); Particle depolarization ratio (PDR); Space borne lidar CALIOP; Subsidence inversion

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE PROFILES; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CALIPSO; CAPPING INVERSION; CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; COLOR RATIO (CR); COLOR RATIOS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; LOW ALTITUDES; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIO (PDR); PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE-BORNE; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL EXTENSION; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BACKSCATTERING; DEPOLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; POLLUTION; SUBSIDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIPSO; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; DEPOLARIZATION; INDIA; INDO GANGETIC BELT; MINERAL DUST; MONSOON; PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNPHOTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WINTER;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 82955163134     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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