Enhanced SO2 concentrations observed over northern India: Role of long-range transport

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2749-2762

  Mallik, Chinmay ^a   Lal, Shyam ^a   Naja, Manish ^b   Chand, Duli ^c   Venkataramani, S ^a   Joshi, Hema ^b   Pant, P ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COAL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUELS; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ETHIOPIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84875870439     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.750773     Document Type: Article

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