Long-range transportation of anthropogenic aerosols over eastern coastal region of India: Investigation of sources and impact on regional climate change

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-83

  Das, S K ^a   Jayaraman, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic aerosol; Black carbon; Eastern coastal India; Long range transportation; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AIR PARCELS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BAY OF BENGAL; BLACK CARBON; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL STATION; CONTINENTAL AREA; DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTERN COASTAL INDIA; HEATING EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDO-GANGETIC BASIN; LAND BREEZES; LOCAL SOURCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEA BREEZE; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; URBAN REGIONS; WIND REGIME;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; WIND;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84862993750     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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