Seasonal variation of surface and vertical profile of aerosol properties over a tropical urban station hyderabad, India

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 749-768

  Sinha, P R ^a   Manchanda, R K ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b   Kumar, Y B ^c   Sreenivasan, S ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MIXED LAYER; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA;

EID: 84881182149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018039     Document Type: Article

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