Tropospheric distribution of sulphate aerosols mass and number concentration during INDOEX-IFP and its transport over the Indian Ocean: A GCM study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6185-6196

  Verma, S ^a,e   Boucher, O ^b   Shekar Reddy, M ^b   Upadhyaya, H C ^a   Le Van, P ^c   Binkowski, F S ^d   Sharma, O P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AITKEN NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFATE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84864197428     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6185-2012     Document Type: Article

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