Unexpected increasing AOT trends over northwest Bay of Bengal in the early postmonsoon season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Kishcha, Pavel ^a   Starobinets, Boris ^a   Long, Charles N ^b   Alpert, Pinhas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND;

AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SOURCE; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; BAY OF BENGAL; DOMESTIC HEATING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; POST-MONSOON; PREVAILING WINDS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVERGENCE; HEATING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84871375741     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018726     Document Type: Article

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