Inferring wavelength dependence of AOD and Ångström exponent over a sub-tropical station in South Africa using AERONET data: Influence of meteorology, long-range transport and curvature effect

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-408

  Kumar, K Raghavendra ^a   Sivakumar, V ^a   Reddy, R R ^b   Gopal, K Rama ^b   Adesina, A Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric aerosols; Meteorology; Particle size; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; COLUMNAR WATER VAPORS; INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGIES; METEOROLOGICAL PATTERNS;

AIR POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; DESERT; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STEAM; WEATHER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878925264     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.095     Document Type: Article

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