Radiative properties of Bay of Bengal aerosols: Spatial distinctiveness and source impacts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Babu, S Suresh ^a   Gogoi, Mukunda M ^a   Kumar, V H Arun ^a   Nair, Vijayakumar S ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUN;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAY OF BENGAL; BIOMASS SMOKE; EAST ASIA; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; LARGE REGIONS; LEAST VALUE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEAN VALUES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEAR-SURFACE; PRE-MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SPATIAL FEATURES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TOTAL SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; COMPOSITE; CRUISE REPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET; SCATTERING; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; FAR EAST; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84859150994     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017355     Document Type: Article

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