Aerosol features during drought and normal monsoon years: A study undertaken with multi-platform measurements over a tropical urban site

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1444-1458

  Vijayakumar, K ^a   Devara, P C S ^a   Simha, C P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ngstr m parameters; AOD; MICROTOPS II; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC; AOD; MICROTOPS-II; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; DROUGHT STRESS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODIS; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; WAVELENGTH;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 84872961196     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.01.0005     Document Type: Article

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