Tropospheric column O3 and NO2 over the Indian region observed by Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI): Seasonal changes and long-term trends

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-39

  David, Liji Mary ^a   Nair, Prabha R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Indian region; Transport; Tropospheric NO2; Tropospheric O3

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; ANNUAL CHANGE; ARABIAN SEA; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BAY OF BENGAL; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; CLOUD COVER; INDIAN REGION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LONG-TERM TREND; OCEANIC REGIONS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMNS; TROPOSPHERIC NO; TROPOSPHERIC O;

SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RAIN;

AIRFLOW; ANNUAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; INSTRUMENTATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE ECOLOGY; INDIAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84868555700     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.033     Document Type: Article

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