Temporal and spatial variability of aerosol optical depth over South India as inferred from MODIS

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Kiran Kumar, T ^a   Gadhavi, Harish ^b   Jayaraman, A ^b   Sai Suman, M N ^b   Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, S ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

AOD; MODIS; Peninsular India; Spatial homogeneity

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AOD; BAY OF BENGAL; COASTAL LOCATIONS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; MODIS; PENINSULAR INDIA; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; RADIAL DISTANCE; REGION OF INTEREST; SOUTH INDIA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL HOMOGENEITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TERRA SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84873897111     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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