Contribution of natural and anthropogenic aerosols to optical properties and radiative effects over an urban location

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ramachandran, S ^a   Srivastava, R ^a   Kedia, Sumita ^a   Rajesh, T A ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Anthropogenic; Contribution; Natural; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DUST; FOG; GLOBAL WARMING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC; CONTRIBUTION; NATURAL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AHMEDABAD; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84867063985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034028     Document Type: Article

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