Aerosol-cloud-interaction variability induced by atmospheric brown clouds during the 2009 Indian summer monsoon drought

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1384-1391

  Bhawar, Rohini L ^a,b   Rahul, P R C ^c  

^a APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Air pollution; Atmospheric aerosols; Atmospheric chemistry; Cloud aerosol interactions; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL VARIABILITY; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; TRMM PRECIPITATION DATUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; EQUIPMENT TESTING; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALIPSO; DROUGHT; MONSOON; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER;

INDIA;

EID: 84880583838     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.11.0329     Document Type: Article

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