Seasonal heterogeneity in aerosol types over Dibrugarh-North-Eastern India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 307-315

  Pathak, Binita ^a   Bhuyan, Pradip Kumar ^a   Gogoi, Mukunda ^b   Bhuyan, Kalyan ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m exponent; Aerosol type; AOD; HYSPLIT; Multi wavelength solar Radiometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL TYPE; AEROSOL TYPES; AOD; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BIOMASS-BURNING; COARSE MODE; DESERT DUST; FINE AEROSOLS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYSPLIT; LOCAL PRODUCTION; MIXED TYPE; MULTIWAVELENGTH; PARTICLE GROWTH; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SOLAR RADIOMETERS; SOURCE REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ASSAM; DIBRUGARH; INDIA;

EID: 84155171123     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.061     Document Type: Article

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