Effect of dust and anthropogenic aerosols on columnar aerosol optical properties over Darjeeling (2200 m asl), Eastern Himalayas, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Chatterjee, Abhijit ^a   Ghosh, Sanjay K ^a   Adak, Anandamay ^a   Singh, Ajay K ^a   Devara, Panuganti C S ^b   Raha, Sibaji ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR; CALCIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; SULFATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84863622687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040286     Document Type: Article

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