Spatio-temporal variations in aerosol optical and cloud parameters over Southern India retrieved from MODIS satellite data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 435-445

  Balakrishnaiah, G ^a   Raghavendra kumar, K ^a   Suresh Kumar Reddy, B ^a   Rama Gopal, K ^a   Reddy, R R ^a   Reddy, L S S ^a   Swamulu, C ^a   Nazeer Ahammed, Y ^b   Narasimhulu, K ^c   KrishnaMoorthy, K ^d   Suresh Babu, S ^d  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Government First Grade College   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m exponent; Aerosol optical depth; Cloud parameters; MODIS; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD PARAMETERS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL AEROSOL; HYDERABAD; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; MODIS; MONSOON SEASON; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SUMMER SEASON; TERRA SATELLITES; VISAKHAPATNAM;

DRIERS (MATERIALS); GLOBAL WARMING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; GLOBAL WARMING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); TIME SERIES; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUD; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDIA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER; WETTABILITY;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; BANGALORE; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA; KARNATAKA; KERALA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM; VISAKHAPATNAM;

EID: 84155163091     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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