Role of circulation parameters in long range aerosol transport: Evidence from Winter-ICARB

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-151

  Prijith, S S ^a   Aloysius, Marina ^a   Mohan, Mannil ^a   Beegum, Naseema ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols and particles; Atmospheric composition and structure; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; AEROSOLS AND PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BAY OF BENGAL; CALIPSO; DISPERSION MODELS; FINE PARTICLES; FOREST FIRES; LAND-MASSES; LONG RANGE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE AEROSOLS; NCEP REANALYSIS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH ASIA; SURFACE WINDS; WIND FIELD; WIND PARAMETERS; WIND SPEED; WINTER TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SHIPS; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS; DEFORESTATION; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SHIPS;

EID: 84857654573     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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