Physical and optical characteristics of the October 2010 haze event over Singapore: A photometric and lidar analysis

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 555-570

  Salinas, Santo V ^a   Chew, Boon Ning ^a   Miettinen, Jukka ^a   Campbell, James R ^b   Welton, Ellsworth J ^b   Reid, Jeffrey S ^c   Yu, Liya E ^a   Liew, Soo Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosols; Air quality; Haze; MPLNET; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE;

AERONET; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); HAZE; MPLNET; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; HAZE; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE;

MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84873256023     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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