Effect of the summer monsoon on aerosols at two measurement stations in Northern India-Part 2: Physical and optical properties

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8283-8294

  Hyvarinen A P ^a   Raatikainen, T ^a,e   Komppula, M ^a   Mielonen, T ^a   Sundstrom A M ^b   Brus, D ^a,c   Panwar, T S ^d   Hooda, R K ^d   Sharma, V P ^d   De Leeuw, G ^a,b   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^d THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FOG; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; SUMMER;

DELHI; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84864524840     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8283-2011     Document Type: Article

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