Spatio-temporal variations in columnar aerosol optical properties over Bay of Bengal: Signatures of elevated dust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-257

  Sreekanth, V ^a   Kulkarni, Padmavati ^a  

^a CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol index; Spatio temporal heterogeneity; UV absorbing dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; BEST FIT; NORTHERN LATITUDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; PRE-MONSOON; SATELLITE SENSORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS;

DUST;

OZONE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; LATITUDE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOMS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DUST; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84872696909     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.031     Document Type: Article

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