Time-elapsed evolution of aerosol size distributions by snow particles after the passage of blizzards over the Maitri (Antarctica)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 962-978

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a   Chate, D M ^a   Ali, Kaushar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ICE; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SCAVENGING COEFFICIENTS; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

SNOW;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; AERODYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MAITRI;

EID: 84864075850     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.542206     Document Type: Article

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