Long term climatology of particulate matter and associated microphysical and optical properties over Dibrugarh, North-East India and inter-comparison with SPRINTARS simulations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 334-344

  Pathak, Binita ^a   Bhuyan, Pradip Kumar ^a   Biswas, Jhuma ^a   Takemura, Toshihiko ^b  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; PM10; PM2.5; QCM; SPRINTARS

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION INVENTORIES; IMPACTORS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MONSOON SEASON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; QCM; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPRINTARS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BLACK CARBON; RAIN;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; FIRE; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

ASSAM; DIBRUGARH; INDIA;

EID: 84873183602     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.032     Document Type: Article

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